Kelly Nestor (born 22 August 1968) is an Australian television and radio presenter and is working for

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Biography

Nestor was born and raised in

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, but made her name as a news presenter in Adelaide. Nestor studied for a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) from 1987 to 1989 at the South Australian College of Advanced Education's

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Campus, now part of the

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. Nestor began work as a reporter at Central TV Network (GTS BKN) in

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in 1989. Nestor moved to the ABC in Adelaide and worked as a journalist and presenter for South Australia's ABC News as well as the presenter of ''Stateline'' for almost three years. She also worked as a reporter, producer and presenter for the Adelaide, Perth and Darwin editions of '' The 7:30 Report'' at the ABC, as well as later working on the national version in Sydney. Nestor became the weekday presenter of ''

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'' in Adelaide and later moved to Melbourne to present ''

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'' Adelaide, which was produced in Melbourne at the time. Following a number of years as presenter of ''

'', Nestor left to

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move to Sydney where she became a part-time presenter with

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. On 19 September 2007, following the death of

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in April that year, it was announced that Nestor would return to Adelaide to present ''

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''. Nestor began as presenter of ''

'' on 8 October 2007, working alongside

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. In February 2008, Nestor started casual radio work presenting the afternoon programme on Adelaide talk radio station (

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) FIVEaa. On 26 November 2009, one day after the axing of the local ''

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'' was announced, Nestor announced live on air that her contract with

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was not going to be renewed next year and she would finish on 18 December 2009. In 2017, in the wake of the 2015-16

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and subsequent Citizens' Jury, Nestor wrote an opinion piece for '' The Advertiser'' urging South Australian opposition leader

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to reconsider his party's opposition to considering the future importation and storage of international

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in South Australia. She claimed that she was neither for nor against the proposal but wanted to be informed. Nestor returned to broadcasting, at

in 2023 as a fill-in presenter.

References

External links

Nine Newshottestontv.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nestor, Kelly 1968 births Living people Australian television newsreaders and news presenters Australian women television journalists Mass media people from Adelaide People from Broken Hill, New South Wales University of South Australia alumni Journalists from South Australia