Charlie King (sports broadcaster)

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Charlie King AM is an Indigenous Australian sports commentator and award-winning anti-family violence campaigner working in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. He is of Gurindji descent.

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King is a commentator for ABC Radio's Grandstand sport program based in Darwin. [1] [2] He commentates on various sports including Australian rules football and cricket.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he was the lawn bowls commentator for ABC radio. [3] King was a commentator at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for ABC, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to commentate at an Olympic Games. [1] [3] [4]

Community work

King has worked in child protection for more than 25 years, volunteering as an independent person supporting children without a parent or guardian in trouble with the law. [5] He established the 'No More' initiative in 2006, which used sport to campaign against family violence in Australia. [6]

King was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his service to broadcast media and the Indigenous community in 2015, [7] and was upgraded to Member of the Order of Australia (AM) at the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours for significant service to the Indigenous community of the Northern Territory. [8] In 2016, King won a Northern Territory human rights award. [9] [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "ABC Sports Broadcaster, Charlie King, Paralympian Tahlia Rotumah and Author Anita Heiss". Speaking Out. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  2. ↑ King, Charlie (6 July 2004). "Charlie King". George Negus Tonight (Interview). Interviewed by George Negus. ABC Television. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 "The ABC Grandstand Team in Beijing". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Charlie King going for gold!". Radio News. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "Charlie King". Australian of the Year Awards. 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Bannister, Brooke (19 May 2008). "ABC presenter Charlie King kicks off the No More campaign". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  7. ↑ McDonald, Shae (26 January 2015). "Charlie King awarded an Order of Australia Medal". NT News. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Mr Charlie KING OAM". It's an Honour. Australian Government. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Roussos, Eleni (8 December 2016). "Broadcaster Charlie King uses human rights award win to call for violence-free Christmas". Australia: ABC News. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  10. ↑ Shannon, Kate (14 September 2009). "Charlie King wins national award for community work". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 March 2010.


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