Natalie Ann Barr (born 19 March 1968) is an Australian television presenter, journalist, and news presenter. Barr is currently co-host of the

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's breakfast television program ''

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'' alongside

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. She was previously the news presenter on the show.

Career

In July 2008, Barr began presenting '' Seven Early News'' alongside

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at 5.30am, which leads into ''

'' where she is still the news presenter. Barr also occasionally fills-in on ''Seven News Sydney''. Barr was a front-runner to co-host '' Sunday Night'', a new current affairs show, however

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was appointed co-host with

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. Barr made a guest appearance on ''

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'' 16 April 2018, appearing as herself reporting that missing girl Ava Gilbert. In June 2020, it was announced Barr will host ''

'' with

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and

Samantha Armytage Samantha Armytage (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She was previously co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise (Australian TV program), Sunrise'' from 2013 to 2021 alon ...

on Monday and Friday respectively, after Armytage requested a reduced workload. However, due to dwindling ratings, Barr returned to presenting the news five days a week. In January 2021, Barr again became the permanent Friday co-presenter, this time with

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. On 14 March 2021, Barr was appointed co-host of ''

'' after Samantha Armytage’s resignation.

Personal life

Barr was born in

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and is married to Andrew Thompson (a television commercial editor). They have two sons.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barr, Natalie 1968 births Living people Seven News presenters Australian women television journalists Journalists from Sydney People from Bunbury, Western Australia Curtin University alumni