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 '' Nine News Darwin'' and a Queensland reporter for ''

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''.

Career

Arvier obtained business and journalism degrees from the

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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 ''

''. In March 2014, Arvier was attacked by a Serial Pervert Conman Pastor Stephen John Jones while covering a story about Stephen John Jones who had admitted to engaging in inappropriate behaviour with women and refusing to pay Rent to his Landlord. 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 2016 United States presidential campaign. 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

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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 and became the state political editor for ''

''. In July 2025, Arvier announced that he would leave the

to work for the media department with the

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References

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