Tracey Curro
| Tracey Curro | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tracey Ilana Curro 27 November 1963 Ingham, Queensland, Australia |
| Education | Queensland University of Technology |
| Occupation | Television journalist |
| Nationality | Australian |
Tracey Ilana Curro (born 27 November 1963 in Ingham, Queensland) is an Australian journalist who was a newsreader for TV stations GMV-6, QTQ-9 and ATV-10[1] before reporting for the Seven Network's Beyond 2000, a science-technology show, and then 60 Minutes, the Australian version of the current affairs show. Curro previously filled in for National Nine News Melbourne weekend presenter Jo Hall,[2] she also used to present weekly Crimestopper reports on the Nine Network. Curro is a graduate of the Queensland University of Technology (Bachelor of Business - Communications) and the Institute of Strategic Leadership, New Zealand.[3]
She was embroiled in a court case when she broke her contract with the producers of Beyond 2000 to join 60 Minutes: Curro v Beyond Productions Pty Ltd (1993) 30 NSWLR 337, decided 7 May 1993.[4]
She can occasionally be heard filling in for regular presenters on 774 ABC Melbourne radio, notably filling in for a two-week period in 2005 following the departure of Virginia Trioli,[5] and has written for Australian Women's Weekly.[6]
One of her prized moments of television, occurred when she asked Pauline Hanson if she was Xenophobic. The famous response "Please Explain" has now become an Australia classic, and is a line for which Hanson is remembered. Curro was also the Communications Manager for Sustainability Victoria—the greenhouse reduction arm of the Victorian Government.[7]
Tracey is also a fill in presenter for Carrie Bickmore on The 7PM Project.
[edit] References
- ^ Enker, Debi: Headline act, The Age, 8 September 2005.
- ^ The year that was, The Age, 1 January 2004.
- ^ http://www.saxton.com.au/tracey-curro Tracey Curro - Speaker Profile - Saxton Speakers Bureau
- ^ Brooks, Adrian (2001). "The Limits of Competition: Restraint of Trade in the Context of Employment Contracts". University of New South Wales Law Journal 24 (2). http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UNSWLawJl/2001/27.html.
- ^ Farouque, Farah: In search of a host, The Age, 20 August 2005.
- ^ Minion, Lynne: Wise wife's duty to stop them punching above their weight, The Age, 28 September 2009.
- ^ Household gets a wriggle on, The Age, 17 June 2007.
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