Danielle Post has returned from maternity leave.
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She has been back for a couple of weeks.
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Eva Milic anchored solo on the Gold Coast tonight.
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Friday- Mark Burrows presenting in Sydney
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CONFIRMED: Michael Atkinson has impressed bosses and has replaced Sam Squiers as weekend sports presenter in Brisbane.
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99% of industry have no idea this site even exists
A lot would.
It wouldnāt overly surprise me if this one was true with Darren Curtisā on-air profile decreasing considerably since Jonathan Uptin got the weekend presenting gig back in March, but can anyone confirm this one?
Curtisā contract ended with Nine (he was reporting in Brisbane all week) yesterday. Despite his demotion from weekends, I think he still could have replaced Bruce Paige on the Gold Coast news when he retires.
The environment at QTQ is questionable (or their style of journalism) as they have lost a number of their on-air reporters this year, including three of their most senior- Phil Willmington, Shane Doherty and Darren Curtis.
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Not surprised to say the least. It was bound to happen the day Jono was appointed weekend anchor.
QTQās mass exodus continues.
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We all know who should (but probably wonāt) be shown the door at Nine News Queensland - their news director!
But instead, Iām genuinely starting to wonder long itāll be until at least one of the weeknight presenters leaves Nine News Queensland.
The decision to move Jono to the Brisbane news is still a strange one given no one in Brisbane would have known who he was. Definitely one from left field.
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Indeed. One also wonders what Darwin viewers (who Iām sure continued to support Nine News Darwin after the āstreamliningā due to Uptin temporarily continuing his association with the service) wouldāve thought about losing ātheirā newsreader to the Queensland weekend news they now have to watch on Saturday & Sunday nights instead of the local bulletins enjoyed previously.
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Sad thing is, Nine doesnāt give a rats arse about Darwin viewers (which is why they axed their Darwin bulletin and replaced it with inferior trash).
Having said that, Queensland viewers benefit the most (and Darwin viewers donāt exactly lose out completely either) with Jono as weekend anchor.
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I swear we have been through this before and I donāt understand its relevance. But here we go:
Darren was demoted because he wasnāt rating on weekends. In the summer of 2017, Jono Uptin must have impressed them when he co-anchored with Alison Ariotti while Curtis was on sick leave. Despite releasing a press release in January this year saying Darren would anchor the weekend news solo, he was replaced with Uptin because:
- He is a better newsreader and seen as a better replacement for Andrew or in fact Wally Lewis.
- Likely rated better but the increase is too insignificant for me to comment on (even though Darren always held Nineās lead when he read on weeknights).
- Ease the backlash from the Darwin community
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Corey Norris is back presenting sport on First at Five/ Melbourne News this weekend.
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Yeah, I think Uptin replaced Curtis simply because he is a better anchor. And IIRC heās also a sports editor now which is something he wanted to do.
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I noticed Sam Cucchiara reporting on the 5pm news. Though, heās probably filed reports there before, itās the first Iāve noticed since his move from Brisbane/Gold Coast to Melbourne. Heās done well now working for the top rated bulletin in the country.
Might be time to update that Twitter picture 
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Saturday (08.12.2018) - Sunday (09.12.2018): Ebony Cavallaro is presenting Brisbaneās weather again this weekend.
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