Kathryn Robinson is an Australian journalist, television and radio presenter.

Career

Robinson originally studied economics at

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in 1993 and began her career working for

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, before deciding to switch to journalism in 2001 when she completed her master's degree in journalism. She later worked as a reporter for the

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. Since that time she has worked as a reporter in the

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newsroom in

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, hosted ''

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'', a Southern Cross Ten current affairs program in

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, and worked as a producer and presenter at ''

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'' in Sydney. From 2006-2011, she was a finance presenter on ''Ten Early News'' and a regular fill-in presenter for Sydney's ''

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'' and ''Ten Morning News''. She was the presenter of the Friday edition of ''

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'' and news presenter on '' 6PM with George Negus''. Robinson filled in for

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on ''

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''. In 2010, Robinson co-hosted ''Good Morning Delhi'', a breakfast program broadcast on

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during the course of the

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, with

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. In April 2011, she was reinstated as Finance presenter on ''Ten Early News'' and as the Friday presenter for ''Ten Late News'', with Sandra Sully returning to ''Ten Late News'' due to poor ratings for ''6PM with George Negus'' and ''Ten Evening News''. In January 2012, it was announced that Robinson would co-host ''

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'' with

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(who left the show in June that year) and Paul Henry. The program originally intended to premiere on 27 February 2012, however the program premiered on 23 February 2012, due to

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resigning as the

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. The program was cancelled in November 2012 due to low ratings and it was announced Robinson would leave Network Ten altogether, though this was not to be the case. It was later announced Robinson would join Sydney talkback radio station

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in 2013, hosting the breakfast shift alongside Ian Dickson. However, before beginning on air, Robinson pulled out of the role for unknown reasons. 2UE crime reporter Sarah Morice was given the hosting role instead. She was appointed host of a revamped version of ''

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'' in January in the same year, premiering on 17 February 2013. She has been a fill in presenter for

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on '' The Project'' and was a regular Friday night panellist on the program. In 2025, Robinson is the host the

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's ''Morning'' show on Friday with Hamish Macdonald doing the program Monday to Thursday.

Personal life

Robinson is married to ''

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'' senior journalist

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. They became parents to twins, a boy and a girl, in 2007. The birth was announced on '' Ten Early News'', which Robinson usually presents, the following morning and the following evening on ''Seven News'' where Reason is a reporter. Robinson returned to work on Christmas Eve 2007, after five months of maternity leave.

References

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