Tim Arvier is an Australian journalist. He is currently the state political and investigative reporter, and a fill-in presenter, for ''

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''. He was previously North American and European correspondent for ''

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'', a reporter on ''

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'' and a Queensland reporter for '' A Current Affair''.

Career

Arvier obtained business and journalism degrees from the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = ...

and early in his career worked casually in the Nine Network Brisbane newsroom before moving to Darwin where he became a reporter and fill-in presenter for ''Nine News''. He then became the

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's Europe correspondent where he covered events ranging from

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's run to the

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final to the

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. He has also been a reporter on '' Nine News Perth''. In 2011, Arvier returned to Queensland where he became a reporter on '' A Current Affair''. In March 2014, Arvier was attacked by a Gold Coast pastor while covering a story about the pastor who had admitted to engaging in inappropriate behaviour with women. In May 2016, Arvier moved to Los Angeles where he became the

's US correspondent, covering major events such as the death of

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and

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's victory in the

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. In May 2017, Arvier returned to Brisbane where he became a reporter for ''

''. In August 2017, while on assignment in Korea covering the standoff between North Korea and the United States over the rogue state's missile testing, Arvier was in the middle of a live cross to Nine's Melbourne afternoon news bulletin when it had to be shut down upon the arrival of a South Korean soldier. Arvier and the camera crew were detained for 20 minutes following the incident, after which they were escorted from the area where the live cross was conducted and released without charge. In June 2019, Arvier was appointed North American correspondent for ''

'', replacing

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who recently retired from the network. In May 2020, he provided on-site eyewitness reports from the unfolding Twin Cities riots arising from the

murder of George Floyd On , George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in the U.S. city of Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer. Floyd had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's n ...

in Minneapolis for ''

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'' and ''Nine News'', for which he won several awards at the 2020 Queensland Clarion Awards, including the Journalist of the Year. At one point during coverage of the riots, Arvier and television crew were detained by police in the city, but were later released without charge. In January 2021, Arvier returned to Brisbane as a reporter for ''

''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arvier, Tim Australian people of German descent Australian people of Italian descent Australian reporters and correspondents Australian television journalists Living people Nine News presenters University of Queensland alumni Year of birth missing (living people) People from Brisbane