Monique Wright (born 18 May 1973) is an Australian

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...

and television presenter. Wright is currently co-host of ''

Weekend Sunrise ''Weekend Sunrise'' is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network and currently hosted by Monique Wright and Matt Doran. History In 2005 the Seven Network replaced its struggling Sunday morning program ''Sunday ...

''.Monique Wright – Weekend Sunrise
. Retrieved 6 August 2014.Monique Wright – The Daily Edition
. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

Career

Wright joined the

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as a reporter in 1996. In 2007, she was appointed weather presenter on the Seven Network's national breakfast program, ''

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'', replacing

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. She remained in the role for a year before being replaced by meteorologist David Brown. In June 2013, Wright was announced as a co-host of '' The Daily Edition''. She remained with the show until 2015 and was replaced by

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. From August 2013 to February 2014, Wright temporarily replaced

Samantha Armytage Samantha Armytage (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. Armytage was previously co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise'' from 2013 to 2021 alongside David Koch. She also pr ...

as co-host on ''

'' and was officially appointed co-host in February 2014.

References

Living people Australian television journalists Seven News presenters 1973 births {{Australia-tv-bio-stub