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Obituary: Charlotte Dawson

Charlotte Dawson, television personality and prominent anti-bullying campaigner, has died at the age of 47. Her body was discovered earlier today (Saturday) in her Sydney apartment. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances. New Zealand-born Dawson started her career as a model and later came to Australia as fashion editor for Woman’s Day and New …

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Adam Boland quits Ten

Network Ten‘s Director of Morning Television, Adam Boland has resigned from the role citing ill health. His resignation comes less than a year after joining the network and three months after the launch of his program initiatives, Wake Up and Studio 10. Since the two programs launched in November Boland has had to take leave …

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The year that was… and the year ahead

And so brings to an end another year as the calendar clicks over from 2013 to 2014. It was a year that marked some historical milestones: 25 years since Australia Live, the launch of Imparja Television, The Comedy Company and World Expo 88 and Graham Kennedy‘s return to the Nine Network. It was 40 years …

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1993: December 4-10

The real Lisa Lackey revealed Home And Away star Lisa Lackey (pictured) admits that being on the popular soap is not exactly where she wants to be. “I don’t want to be a soap star. I don’t want to be a television celebrity — I cannot stress that enough. I don’t want to host Sale …

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The battle for breakfast, 1960s style

Much has been written in the press and online about Ten‘s expensive new morning TV ventures Wake Up (pictured) and Studio 10. Huge amounts have been spent on infrastructure, particularly for Wake Up‘s custom-built studio in Manly, and big names like Ita Buttrose. Interesting to note, however, that this is far from the first time that …

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Peter Meakin joins Ten

Peter Meakin, the man who led Nine and then Seven to news and current affairs domination, is joining Network Ten as Executive Director of News and Current Affairs. For 71-year-old Meakin it is a return to a former employer. In the 1970s he was news director for Ten in Sydney. At the Nine Network he …

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Wake Up heads Ten’s winter launch

The announcement of Ten‘s long-awaited new breakfast show headed the network’s winter season launch in Sydney last night. Wake Up, the brainchild of former Seven Network producer Adam Boland, will be fronted by James Mathison (Australian Idol), Natarsha Belling, Natasha Exelby and Nuala Hafner (Sunrise, Seven News, Sydney Weekender). The program will be hosted from …

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World Expo 88 — 25 years on

It was 25 years ago that Brisbane was on show to the world when it hosted World Expo 88. It was the first time in a century that the world’s fair had been hosted in Australia — the last time was in Melbourne in 1880. The 1988 world’s fair was hosted at Brisbane’s South Bank …

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Obituary: Peter Harvey

Peter Harvey, veteran journalist at the Nine Network for almost 40 years, has died at the age of 68 from cancer.  His family were by his bedside. His career started at The Daily Telegraph in Sydney, winning a Walkley Award in 1964.  He went on to work for Newsweek magazine, covering significant stories including the …

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