Jane Bunn is an Australian meteorologist and weather presenter. Bunn is the weather presenter on '' Seven News Melbourne''.

Career

Jane completed a Bachelor of Science at

Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...

in 2005, where she had majors in

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and Mathematics. During her degree, she spent a semester abroad studying at

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

. In 2006, Jane was selected to undertake a Graduate Diploma of Meteorology provided by the

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. After completing her degree, she was posted to work as a weather forecaster in Sydney, then Canberra and finally at RAAF's Williamtown base. In June 2009, Jane was appointed as weather presenter on '' WIN News Victoria'', where she garnered a loyal following – particularly with farmers reliant on her bulletins. In June 2014, Jane resigned from ''WIN News Victoria'' after five years to work on a new project; she was replaced by Britt Ditterich. After leaving ''WIN News'' she became a fill in weather presenter on ''

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'' and '' ABC News Victoria.'' In November 2014, the

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announced that Jane would be joining the '' Seven News Melbourne'' team replacing

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. Jane began her new role in December. Jane has also been a weather contributor on ''

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'' and 3AW covering severe weather events, including the Queensland floods and Victoria's Black Saturday bush fires.

Personal life

In 2006, Jane married Michael, an IT consultant, and the couple live in Melbourne. Bunn grew up in

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

's bayside suburbs and attended Firbank Grammar School during her high school years. She supports

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in the

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References

External links

Jane's Weather (personal website)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bunn, Jane Living people Seven News presenters Australian television weather presenters Monash University alumni Australian women television journalists People from Ballarat People educated at Firbank Girls' Grammar School Australian television newsreaders and news presenters People from the City of Bayside Australian meteorologists Year of birth missing (living people)