Justine Conway is filling in for Livinia Nixon who is away on holidays.
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Mark Burrows is presenting Tuesday - Thursday Morning News & Sydney Afternoon News.
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Andrew Lofthouse anchoring solo in Brisbane this week.
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Ex Nine News Darwin reporter Georgie Chumbley has joined the Seven News team in Brisbane.
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Melbourne suburban paper Progress Leader has a great profile on Peter Hitchener this week. He has an account in nearly every social media site that you can think of, which can be compared with many celebrities in the US.
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As well as presenting Nine News Now earlier in the day, Belinda Russell presented the weather on tonightâs Nine News Sydney. Although by now, I think itâs 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 weatherâŚ
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 Iâm pretty sure Nine wouldâve had newsreader-read forecasts until Georgie Gardner joined the network in July 2002 to be the forecaster for Brian Hendersonâs final months.
Alanâs 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 donât think there was ever an Ian Wilkie!
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Peter Overton 's quick wit was on display during Nine News Sydney tonight.
A clanking sound was heard whilst Cameron Williams presented the headline sport items.
When Cameron crossed back to Pete, Pete then explained that the sound was part of Cameronâs microphone falling on the floor (there wasnât any loss of sound from Cameron though)âŚ
Pete then quipped to Cameron⌠âAt least you didnât fall off your chairâ 
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presenters wear two mics in case one fails⌠possibly one fell off the clip and the studio was quick to drop the level so it didnât sound weird.
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Mark Burrows also presenting Friday Morning News & Sydney Afternoon News, filling in for Deb Knight.
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I wonder why they use Mark Burrows a lot lately, when Jayne Azzopardi could easily fill-in.
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I had hoped Jayne would be used more often as a fill in as she is a much better newsreader than Mark.But unfortunately Mark has been the main fill in on daytime bulletins in recent months.
Considering she is Weekend Today newsreader she should be used on weekday bulletins, but obviously they want her focus to be on reporting for Nine News Sydney on weekdays.
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Itâs quite odd that Nine keep using Mark instead of Jayne, Amelia, Tom etc.
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My guess is that Nine keep using Mark Burrows as a fill-in newsreader for the same reasons that Seven uses Chris Reason as a fill-in newsreader.
Of course, Iâd personally prefer to see presenters like Amelia Adams, Jayne Azzopardi, Tom Steinfort and Sophie Walsh used as fill-ins whenever Deb & Davina (or in the case of Nine News Sydney - Pete, GG and Deb) are unavailable.
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Nine loves their consistency and I think Nine News Sydney would be anchored by Pete, GG and Deb only in the foreseeable future.
However, I definitely agree that they should be grooming talents on their news programs from their crop of reporters, as should Seven because Seven right now has a lot of good reporters (as good as Nineâs) but they need to be bettered.
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Realistically, I donât expect the âPete, GG and Deb in that orderâ newsreader roster for Nine News Sydney to change anytime soon and fair enough too.
However, there are occasionally bulletins when Nine Sydneyâs âmain threeâ will be unavailable (the Christmas/New Year period comes to mind) - that is when Iâd like to see quality talent such as Amelia, Jayne, Tom & Sophie used as fill-in presenters.
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Hopefully they donât use Ben Fordham as fill in again this year,as there are many capable newsreaders (as you listed) that could be used instead.
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Mark is such a bore. At least Reaso has some authority.
Sorry, I donât see Tom and Sophie as quality talent, at least not yet. Since returning to Australia, I find Tom, I know you will disagree, to be a pretty bad presenter. He tends to um and read fast, exaggerating the wrong words. Tim Davies is a much better male presenter.
When the winning trio arenât available though, I too would like to see Jayne Azzopardi and Cameron Williams anchoring. I firmly believe that the anchors of the 6pm News, whether it is a busy news day or Christmas Day, should be a familiar face; one they see on a nightly base.
Thankfully, I think Benâs excessive use in the past 18 months or so, will be limited since Jodie returned from ML. In fact, I expect him to rarely fill-in for Karl on Today from now on.
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And Reaso is actually a very good newsreader from a technical perspective. He might be wooden but his delivery is always spot on which is not something you could say about Burrows. Never seen him present without tripping over himself at least a few times and his pace always seems to be off.
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Ah thanks, I thought it might have been the wireless transmitter that they usually clip on the back of their belt had fallen on the floor.