Melissa Downes
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Melissa Downes is a reporter and presenter with Nine News Queensland and is presenter on weeknights with Andrew Lofthouse.
Melissa originally worked with rival Seven News where she was a reporter and later presenter of Nine Gold Coast News bulletin. She also co-hosted a live 5pm magazine show and was a back-up presenter for the main Seven News service in Queensland.
After joining Nine in 2001, Melissa reported on the road and acted as fill-in presenter of the weekend news before assuming that role full-time in 2006. She is also a reporter with the local show 'Saturday Afternoon'.
In November 2008, Downes was appointed presenter of the weeknight bulletin, replacing Heather Foord.
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| Preceded by Jillian Whiting |
Nine News Queensland Weekend Presenter 2006 – December 2008 |
Succeeded by Andrew Lofthouse & Eva Milic |
| Preceded by Heather Foord |
Nine News Queensland Weeknight Presenter with Bruce Paige & Andrew Lofthouse January 2009 – present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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