Matt Wordsworth is an Australian television presenter. Wordsworth is a former weeknight presenter of '' ABC News Queensland'' in Brisbane. Wordsworth attended

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Career

In January 2018, it was announced he was chosen by the

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as the new Monday to Thursday anchor of '' ABC News Queensland''. Wordsworth replaced Karina Carvalho who had relocated to

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to present a national news bulletin on the ABC News channel. Wordsworth hosted the ABC's state political program '' 7.30 Queensland'' until it was axed in late 2014. He was also a regular Friday night presenter of the ABC's national current affairs program ''

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''. Retrieved 14 March 2018. On 2 March 2023, Matt presented his last ABC Brisbane News program. He left the ABC to work in the private sector.

References

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