As well as presenting Nine News Now earlier in the day, Belinda Russell presented the weather on tonight’s Nine News Sydney. Although by now, I think it’s an established fact that Belinda Russell is the main fill-in for Amber Sherlock in both roles.
Re, the discussion about presenters with the surname of Wilkie who used to do the weather…
It was Alan Wilkie who was the weather presenter/meteorologist on National Nine News in Sydney from about the Late '70s (as I understand it, Alan was poached from Seven) until his December 2001 retirement.
I have no idea who presented weather on Nine Sydney before Alan Wilkie, but I’m pretty sure Nine would’ve had newsreader-read forecasts until Georgie Gardner joined the network in July 2002 to be the forecaster for Brian Henderson’s final months.
Alan’s brother Ray Wilkie presented the weather on Ten in Brisbane for years and also had a stint presenting Sydney/Late News forecasts around 1991-92.
There were probably some National Nine News Sydney bulletins back in the day which had Ian Ross reading the news and Alan Wilkie presenting the weather, but I don’t think there was ever an Ian Wilkie!