Ali Moore (born 1964) is an Australian TV journalist and radio broadcaster. Moore currently hosts ''Drive'' on

ABC Radio Melbourne ABC Radio Melbourne (official List of radio station callsigns in Victoria, callsign: 3LO) is an ABC Local Radio station in Melbourne, Australia. It began transmission on 13 October 1924 and was Melbourne's second licensed radio station after Radi ...

Career

Moore began her career in 1987 as a cadet for the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appointed board of directors. The ABC is ...

(

ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting * Aliw Broadcasting Corporation, Philippine broadcast company * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial American ...

), where she was active in a number of programs. In 1996 she moved to the

Nine Network Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television ...

, where she was a reporter and eventually presenter of '' Business Sunday''. Shortly after Moore left, ''Business Sunday'' merged into the ''

Sunday Sunday (Latin: ''dies solis'' meaning "day of the sun") is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. Sunday is a Christian sabbath, day of rest in most Western countries and a part of the Workweek and weekend, weekend. In some Middle Ea ...

'' program. She was also a fill-in host for '' Today on Saturday'' and filled in for

Tracy Grimshaw Tracy Grimshaw (born 3 June 1960) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. Grimshaw is best known for her work with the Nine Network where she was the host of '' A Current Affair'' from 2006 to 2022 and the co-host of '' Today'' ...

from 1999 until 2003 on ''

Today Today (archaically to-day) may refer to: * The current day and calendar date ** Today is between and , subject to the local time zone * Now, the time that is perceived directly, present * The current, present era Arts, entertainment and m ...

''. The morning after the

11 September attacks The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...

in New York, Moore co-hosted the program from 6am until 11am bringing in the latest information from the developing story alongside

Steve Liebmann Steve Liebmann (born 4 May 1944) is an Australian retired television presenter, journalist and radio broadcaster. Liebmann is best known for co-hosting '' Today'' on the Nine Network between 1982 and 1986, and again from 1990 to 2005. Early ...

. With ''Business Sunday'''s imminent demise in 2006, she opted to leave the network and returned to the ABC. She has previously hosted '' Lateline Business'', and is also a relief presenter on

and '' The 7.30 Report'' on ABC TV. Moore presented ''Mornings'' on ABC Radio Melbourne while

Jon Faine Jonathan Eric Faine (born 21 September 1956) is an Australian former radio presenter who hosted the morning program on ABC Radio Melbourne in Melbourne. Faine is recognised as a prominent and influential member of the Australian Jewish communi ...

was on long service leave for 5½ months in 2008. In July 2010, Moore began hosting ''

Afternoon Live ''Afternoon Live'' is a programme broadcast on the BBC News Channel between 2:00pm and 5:00pm weekdays. It first aired on 2 October 2017. Very early in the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced presenter availability in the official lockdown periods ended t ...

'' on

ABC News 24 The ABC News channel is an Australian 24-hour news channel launched and owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The channel replaced and used the then-former ABC HD channel space (which simulcast ABC TV in high definition) and comme ...

. In December 2010, it was announced that Moore would move to ''

Lateline ''Lateline'' was an Australian television news program which ran from 1990 until 2017. The program initially aired weeknights on ABC TV. In later years it was also broadcast internationally throughout Asia and the Pacific on the Australia Plu ...

'' in 2011, filling the vacancy left by

Leigh Sales Leigh Peta Sales (born 10 May 1973) is an Australian journalist and author, best known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). She has won three Walkley Awards, and in 2023 was nominated for the Gold Logie Award for M ...

. As a result she left

. Moore later became a freelance producer and presenter for

BBC World News BBC News is an international English-language pay television channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd. – a subsidiary of BBC Studios – and operated by the BBC News division of the BBC. The network carries news bulletins, documentaries, an ...

, based in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

, working on ''

Newsday ''Newsday'' is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI" ...

'' and '' Asia Business Report''. In 2017, she returned to Australia where she acted as a fill in on ''

News Breakfast ''News Breakfast'' is an Australian news breakfast television program. It is broadcast on ABC TV and ABC News channel from 6:00 am to 9:00 am AEST or AEDT on weekdays and is hosted by James Glenday and Bridget Brennan. The program is also ...

'' when

Virginia Trioli Virginia Frances Trioli (born 16 August 1965) is an Australian journalist, author, radio and television presenter. Career Born in Bendigo, Trioli attended Donvale High School and graduated from La Trobe University in the 1980s with a Bachelo ...

was away. She was also a fill-in presenter for ''Mornings'' on ABC Radio Melbourne. In 2023, Moore became acting ''Drive'' presenter on ABC Radio Melbourne. At the end of 2023, she was made the permanent presenter.

References

1964 births Australian television newsreaders and news presenters Living people {{Australia-journalist-stub