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Brett McLeod

Brett McLeod

Presenter and Reporter

@Brett_McLeod

Presenter and Reporter

Melbourne born and bred, Brett McLeod graduated from RMIT University, landing his first job at Melbourne’s leading talk station 3AW as a cadet. He worked in London at LBC radio, before returning to 3AW and at the age of 27 became News Director. Later he was co-anchor of the Drive shift.

Brett took a break from the world of news for several years joining MMM then FOX-FM with the satirical program Danger: Low Brow, which became the top-rating breakfast show on Melbourne’s FM radio.

He moved into television in the late ‘90’s, first with the Ten Network, before joining the Nine Network.

In 2002, Brett was posted to Nine's European bureau. His major stories reflected the main theme of this era: terrorism - including reporting on-the-spot for attacks in Israel, Madrid and Istanbul. He was in Baghdad shortly after the arrival of US forces in 2003. He also covered Anzac Day at Gallipoli, the Copenhagen royal wedding of Mary and Frederick, even a children’s party at Buckingham Palace.

Returning to Melbourne at the end of 2004, Brett was sent to an event of unprecedented scale – the Boxing Day Tsunami. One of his reports received a Quill award for the year’s best news story, while the network’s tsunami coverage garnered a Logie.

Since then he has reported on stories ranging from the 2006 war in Lebanon, the Kerang rail disaster, the Black Saturday Bushfires, and Australia’s combat withdrawal from Afghanistan. Brett and his team came under fire during the 2010 Red Shirt protests in Bangkok – his live reporting on radio earning another Quill nomination.

Brett lives in inner Melbourne with his wife Louise and three children. He is involved in the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, and is a Neighbourhood Watch ambassador.

He continues to mix reporting with newsreading Nine bulletins in Melbourne and nationally, as well as guest hosting on 3AW.

By Brett McLeod