I remember he and Sharyn Ghidella were suddenly parachuted into the weeknight presenting team, with the top-rating Kay and Rod bumped to weekends.
At the time Seven News was the top-rating news service in Brisbane and had been for six years, before the sudden shake-up of the presenting team. The result - Nine started to close the gap, before overtaking BTQ’s news for the first time since 2006 and remaining ahead of them ever since (with the exception of the years 2018-19).