Kate Collins (journalist)

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Kate Collins
Born (1983-04-06) 6 April 1983 (age 40)
Mount Gambier, South Australia
Education Norwood Morialta High School
University of Adelaide
University of South Australia
OccupationNews presenter
Years active2006–present
Employer Nine Network
Television Nine News
Children2
Harvey
Eddie

Kate Collins (born 7 April 1986 in Mount Gambier, South Australia) [1] is an Australian journalist.

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Collins currently presents Nine News Adelaide with Brenton Ragless. [1]

Career

Collins studied at Norwood Morialta High School, and later the University of Adelaide, and the University of South Australia. [1] She has also worked as a weekend newsreader at Austereo Radio. [2] She began training as a presenter at C31 Adelaide.[ citation needed ]

She joined NWS 9 in Adelaide in 2006 as a general reporter for Nine News , and in 2007 began acting as fill-in news presenter on weekends. [1] She replaced Rob Kelvin in 2011. [3]

Collins was formerly the presenter of the now-defunct Adelaide edition of A Current Affair . [4]

Personal life

In August 2014, Collins announced that she was pregnant with her first child and in February 2015 gave birth to a baby boy Harvey. In January 2018, Collins welcomed her second child Eddie.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kate Collins". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kate Collins". LinkedIn. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Knox, David. "Veteran Adelaide newsreader Rob Kelvin to retire | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. ↑ http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/nine-opens-local-today-show-bureau-after-dumping-adelaide-a-current-affair/story-e6freon6-1225811676097 [ dead link ]
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