Gregory Robert Jennett (born 15 August 1968) is an Australian television presenter and journalist. Jennett is currently presents the ACT edition of ABC News on the ABC TV station in Canberra from Monday to Thursday each week on ABC News.

Career

Jennett completed his high school education at

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in 1986. He has been a journalist since 1995 and reports politics for the

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. He started in radio and then moved to television news. He was previously host of the ''Capital Hill'' program on

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. During 2020 and 2021, he reported from the ABC's

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bureau. In 2022, Jennett was appointed host of ''Afternoon Briefing'' on

replacing

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. In 2025, Jennett will commence as presenter of '' ABC News ACT'' from Sunday to Thursday, replacing James Glenday. With this change, Karvelas will return to ''Afternoon Briefing'' as host.

References

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