Tony Eastley

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Tony Eastley is an Australian journalist.

Journalism career

Eastley began his journalism career in the 1970s with The Examiner newspaper in Launceston, Tasmania before joining the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1979.^[1]

With ABC-TV he spent stints in Singapore and Hong Kong as a foreign correspondent.^[1]

After arriving back in Australia he presented ABC TV's breakfast news.^[1]

From 2001 to 2003 he was the newsreader of the NSW ABC-TV 7pm news, having taken over from long-standing newsreader Richard Morecroft.^[1] He is now the presenter of the local radio news and current affairs programme AM. He is based in Sydney.

In January 2014, Eastley resigned from AM to become senior presenter on ABC News 24. Chris Uhlmann has been announced as his replacement.^[2]

Personal life

Eastley is married and has two children.^[1]

Media offices
Preceded by Richard Morecroft	ABC News NSW Presenter 2001-2003	Succeeded by Juanita Phillips
Preceded by Kim Landers	Afternoon Live Presenter 2014-	Succeeded by incumbent

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "About - Tony Eastley". AM. ABC Online. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
↑ http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3939823.htm

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