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Auskar Surbakti (born February 27, 1985) is an Australian journalist. He is currently a television news presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on the network's primary channel ABC TV; its 24-hour news channel ABC News 24 and the ABC's international channel Australia Plus, broadcasting across the Asia-Pacific region. As well as presenting, he works as a foreign correspondent.

Early life

Surbakti was born to Indonesian parents. He spent his early years in Indonesia, before being educated in Australia. He attended RMIT University in Melbourne, where he studied journalism and social science. He was an honours student and graduated with distinction. Throughout his university studies, he worked in the community television sector, working as a producer and presenter for programs on Channel 31 and was as a producer and presenter for the community radio station, syn fm, before becoming the station's News and Current Affairs Director. Surbakti also interned for the United Nations in The Hague and Geneva over a number of years, as a part of his international relations studies.

Career

Surbakti's journalism career began in the community television and radio sectors, in which he worked throughout his time at university in Australia. He also worked for Ten News in Melbourne. After graduating, he began a cadetship at the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) in Sydney, where he was trained across the network's news and current affairs division across television, radio and online.

SBS

After completing his cadetship year, Surbakti was employed primarily as a reporter for SBS's flagship national nightly news bulletin, World News Australia. During his time at TV news, he worked at the Canberra Press Gallery, covering Australian federal politics