 |
Nuala Hafner | |
|---|---|
| Born | London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Australian media personality |
Nuala Hafner is an Australian media personality of Ghanaian descent. She is also a psychologist.
|
Nuala Hafner | |
|---|---|
| Born | London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Australian media personality |
Nuala Hafner is an Australian media personality of Ghanaian descent. She is also a psychologist.
Hafner was born in London, England, [1] to Ghanaian-born Australian Dorinda Hafner. Her parents met in England, where her father, Julian, was a psychiatrist, and migrated to Adelaide in 1977, where Nuala was raised. The couple subsequently split up. [2]
She attended Adelaide's Pembroke School, Adelaide, where she was dux of her year before travelling to the UK and Europe. She taught drama in London till 1995. She completed a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws at Flinders University [1] in 2000 and was admitted to the bar. [3]
Hafner began her media career at the age of three months when she appeared in an advertisement for baby formula. She also starred in children's program The Book Place , and on Seven Adelaide's lifestyle program Discover.
Nuala joined Seven News Sydney in April 2003. [1] She presented the weather and Canberra bulletins until she left on 22 December 2006 to work overseas, filing reports from Seven's London Bureau.[ citation needed ] In 2008, she took another role, appearing on Sunrise , Weekend Sunrise and the Seven HD show The NightCap .
In 2009, she moved back to Australia and became the entertainment editor on Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise and The Morning Show . In 2010, she was appointed Sunrise Melbourne correspondent.[ citation needed ] In November 2011, she resigned to return to her studies. In January 2012 she filled in for Grant Denyer and returned as a guest reporter.[ citation needed ]
In July 2013, Hafner was appointed as Melbourne news presenter for Network Ten's new breakfast show Wake Up hosted in Sydney by Natarsha Belling and James Mathison. By November 2013, the programme lost 50% of its audience share and rated lower than Breakfast, which was axed the year before due to low ratings. [4]
In November 2014, Nuala returned to the Seven Network and appeared on Sunrise and Weekend Sunrise .[ citation needed ]
Hafner studied drama at Flinders University and occasionally acts on stage. [3] She continued her studies in psychology during her television career, for which she was awarded the Capstone Prize, and completed a Master of Clinical Psychology. [3] [5]
David James Koch, nicknamed "Kochie", is an Australian television presenter who is best known as a host of the Seven Network's breakfast program, Sunrise from 2002 until 2023. From Adelaide, he began his media career as a financial journalist, writing for a number of different publications before eventually moving to television. Koch has been the chairman of the Port Adelaide Football Club, an Australian Football League (AFL) club, since October 2012.
Margaret Pomeranz is an Australian film critic, writer, producer and television personality.
Sunrise is an Australian breakfast show program. It is broadcast on the Seven Network, and is currently hosted by Natalie Barr and Matt Shirvington. The program follows Seven Early News, and runs from 5:30 am to 9:00 am. It is followed by The Morning Show.
Jonathan "Jono" Harry Coleman, was an English-born television presenter, radio announcer, writer, comedian, and advertorial spokesperson. He was known for his career in his native country and Australia.
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network and, as of 2021, the highest-rating in Australia.
Christine Bath is an Australian journalist, radio and television presenter and news anchor.
Jennifer Anne Keyte is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Melissa Jane Doyle is an Australian television presenter, author and journalist.
Rebecca Maddern is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Samantha Armytage is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Dorinda Hafner is an Ghanaian-born Australian author, actress, dancer, choreographer, public speaker, writer and television chef, She is also an optician and registered nurse
Ann Sanders is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.
Sara Groen is an Australian actress and television presenter.
Natarsha Belling is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Nick Etchells is an Australian journalist.
Felicity Ward is an Australian comedian, best known for her TV appearances on Spicks and Specks, Thank God You're Here, Good News Week and as a writer/performer in the Channel 10 Network television programme The Ronnie Johns Half Hour. She is a part of The 3rd Degree, who made and starred in The Ronnie Johns Half Hour.
Georgina McGuinness is a newsreader who was the anchor of Nine News Adelaide's weekend 6pm news bulletin from 1989 to 2011.
Matt Doran is an Australian journalist. Doran is currently co-host of Weekend Sunrise with Monique Wright. Previously he has been a reporter for the Seven Network's flagship public affairs program, Sunday Night and a reporter and presenter at Network Ten.
The Dan & Maz Show was an Australian breakfast radio show with Dan Debuf and Maz Compton.
Vanessa O'Hanlon is an Australian television presenter.