Kay McGrath is an Australian former journalist, most notably being the former weekend presenter on ''

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''. She formerly presented the bulletin with

Rod Young Rod Young (born 1951) is a retired Australian journalist and news presenter, with a career spanning 45 years. Young previously presented ''Seven News Brisbane'' with Kay McGrath on weekends between 2013 and 2016, and on weeknights between 20 ...

on weekends between 2013 and 2016, and on weeknights between 2002 and 2012, during which, after years of steady progress, the bulletin overtook the rival ''

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'' as the top-rating news service in Brisbane.

Career

McGrath was formerly a newsreader at TVQ-0 and presented a national breakfast news/finance show called ''TVAM'' on the

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in 1988 from Sydney and the following year Kay joined the ''

'' team in 1989, has had a distinguished career by reporting on the

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, as well as the Brisbane airport hijacking, and reporting on-location after

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hit Innisfail, and on the Sunshine Coast in the aftermath of Steve Irwin's death. During her time with Seven, she co-hosted with

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for 13 years. She has reported for and co-hosted a series of documentaries on local social issues, including the acclaimed special, "Behind Closed Doors: Child Abuse in Queensland". In January 2013, McGrath and Young were demoted to Friday and Saturday anchors of ''Seven News Brisbane'', after more than 10 years on weeknights, with

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and Bill McDonald taking over Sunday to Thursday nights. In December 2019, McGrath announced that she would step down from the ''

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'' desk; her final bulletin was on 26 January 2020. She was replaced by Katrina Blowers.

Personal life

McGrath is committed to a number of community issues. A campaigner against child abuse, she is patron of the organisation, Protect All Children Today (PACT), and an ambassador for Act for Kids. For a number of years McGrath has also chaired the committee that organises Child Protection Week activities in Queensland during September. She is also committed to the fight against breast cancer, and is a vice patron of the Breast Cancer Association of Queensland. McGrath has two sons.

References

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