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Tamara Oudyn

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Tamara Oudyn is an Australian television presenter and reporter.

Oudyn currently presents ABC News Victoria from Sunday to Thursday.

Career

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Oudyn began her media career in 2003 working as a news reporter in Brisbane. Prior to this, she was a researcher and producer for factual programs in Australia and the United Kingdom. In late 2003, she moved to Melbourne and joined the ABC’s Asia Pacific News service (now Australia Network), where she worked as a reporter and presenter of the breakfast news program for 18 months.[1]

In 2005, Oudyn moved to the ABC News Victoria newsroom to report for the 7:00 pm news bulletin. Since then she has filmed in Banda Aceh six months after the Boxing Day tsunami, presented The Midday Report over two summers, spent 18 months on the court round in Melbourne, and filed network news reports.[1]

In February 2008, Oudyn replaced Kathy Bowlen as the weekend presenter of ABC News Victoria. In January 2009, she was appointed as host of Stateline Victoria, replacing Kathy Bowlen who resigned from the network. She has been a fill-in presenter on News Breakfast.

On 5 October 2018, it was announced that Oudyn would become the Sunday to Thursday presenter of ABC News Victoria after the retirement of Ian Henderson.

Personal life

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Tamara is divorced and has two sons.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Stateline Victoria". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  2. ^ "My husband's piece about electric vehicles on The Conversation today". Tamara Oudyn - Twitter. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  3. ^ Handberg, Kristian (October 2016). "MICROGRIDS: The pathway to Australia's smarter, cleaner energy future" (PDF). ISS Institute. Retrieved 2 April 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "A good divorce isn't an urban myth. Here's what the experts recommend". ABC News. March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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Preceded by ABC News Victoria
Sundays to Thursdays presenter

October 2018 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by ABC News at Five
Presenter

October 2018 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by ABC News Victoria
Weekend presenter

February 2008 – October 2018
Succeeded by
Mary Gearin
Preceded by Stateline Victoria
Presenter

February 2009 – September 2009
Succeeded by
Josephine Cafagna