Brett McLeod is an Australian television news reporter and presenter for ''

Nine News ''Nine News'' (stylised ''9News'') is the national news service of the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, ...

''.

Biography

Prior to his second appointment as ''Nine News'' European correspondent, McLeod was a reporter and relief news presenter for ''

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'' and ''

.'' Brett also previously worked as journalist, presenter and News Director at

3AW 3AW is a talkback radio station based in Melbourne. It broadcasts on 693 kHz AM. It began transmission on 22 February 1932 as Melbourne's fifth commercial radio station. The station is owned and operated by Nine Entertainment Co. Hist ...

before joining the network. McLeod has worked in Radio as part of the program Danger: Low Brow, where he was known as Brett Duck. Created at Community radio 3RRR while McLeod was completing his Media degree at RMIT, the show was later successful in both the Breakfast and Drive timeslots at FOX-FM He was the Nine Network's Europe correspondent between 2002–04, and has covered numerous major stories including the Boxing Day tsunami in Aceh, conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, East Timor, Bangkok and Beirut, and Victoria's Black Saturday fires. Between 2005 and 2021, McLeod filled-in for

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as Melbourne's weekend presenter, and later

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. He was also a summer replacement for

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. McLeod also filled-in on national news bulletins including '' Nine Morning News'' and ''

Nine Afternoon News ''Nine News'' (stylised ''9News'') is the national news service of the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, ...

''. McLeod also presented former bulletins '' Sunday Morning News'' and ''

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'' on many occasions. Brett was also a fill-in presenter on

where he filled in for both Tom Elliott and Neil Mitchell. In June 2021, McLeod was appointed as ''

'' Europe correspondent. He commenced the role in September.

References

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