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Christopher Gerald Uhlmann (born 24 June 1960) is an Australian former journalist and television presenter.


Career

Uhlmann was formerly a
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, a
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, and a journalist with ''
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'' before joining the
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as a
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in 1998. From 1999 to 2004, Uhlmann co-hosted '' Local Radio Breakfast'' on 666 ABC Canberra with David Kilby. In 2005, he was
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's producer for the ''Mornings'' show on
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, and in 2006 was made chief political correspondent for ABC Radio current affairs. In 2008, Uhlmann switched to television, and was political editor for '' The 7.30 Report'',
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, and
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. In December 2010, he was appointed as co-host of the
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current affairs program, ''
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''. In 2012, the show was revamped again, with Uhlmann returning to the political editor role, and
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and Gillard Governments for the ABC. In February 2014, Uhlmann became the 14th presenter of '' AM'', the ABC Radio news and current affairs program. He took over after
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resigned to take up a senior presenter role with
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. In January 2015, Uhlmann was appointed in a newly-created position as ABC News political editor. As a result of the new position Uhlmann left his role as presenter of ''AM'', and was replaced by Michael Brissenden. In July 2017, Uhlmann's 2-minut
report
for ABC's '' Insiders'' on
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's appearance at the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit went viral, and he was interviewed extensively in the
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, on various television networks. In August 2017, Uhlmann announced that he would be leaving the ABC to join Nine News as political editor, replacing
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. In August 2018, amid the 2018 Liberal Party leadership spill, Uhlmann gained popularity again on social media when he appeared on ''Today'', where he stated that the
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television channel,
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radio station and
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were "waging a war" against Prime Minister of Australia
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. When asked how he expected presenters on Sky or 2GB to respond, he said he "couldn't give a rat's arse", adding "If you dish it out, you have to be prepared to take it".


Awards

*2008:
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Politics

Uhlmann unsuccessfully contested the ACT 1998 general election for the electorate of Molonglo with the Osborne Independent Group. The conservative group was named after
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, who strongly opposed abortion care and advocated blocking both euthanasia legislation and any attempt to decriminalise abortion. Osborne and Uhlmann fell out when Osborne moved to severely restrict abortion in the ACT. Six years earlier, Uhlmann had written in support of establishing an abortion clinic in the territory.


Books

With Steve Lewis, Uhlmann has written a series of political novels set in Canberra: ''The Marmalade Files'' (2012), ''The Mandarin Code'' (2014) and ''The Shadow Game'' (2016). These feature a political reporter, Harry Dunkley, investigating a conspiracy involving China, the US and Australian security organisations. In 2016 the first two books were adapted as the Australian television series '' Secret City'', and Harry became Harriet.


Personal life

Uhlmann is married to
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who was an
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member of the
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for the
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from 2010 to 2019. Gai is also a member of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) council, which is a partly Defence Industry and Defence Ministry funded think tank.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uhlmann, Chris 1960 births Living people Australian television journalists ABC News (Australia) presenters ABC radio (Australia) journalists and presenters Australian radio producers Australian people of German descent Walkley Award winners Australian television talk show hosts