Kate Collins (journalist)

Kate Collins (born 6 April 1983 in Mount Gambier, South Australia)[1] is an Australian journalist.

Kate Collins
Born	6 April 1983 (age 37) Mount Gambier, South Australia
Education	Norwood Morialta High School University of Adelaide University of South Australia
Occupation	News presenter
Years active	2006 - present
Employer	Nine Network
Television	Nine News
Children	2 Harvey Eddie

Collins currently presents Nine News Adelaide with Brenton Ragless.[1]

Career

Collins studied at Norwood Morialta High School, and later the University of Adelaide, and the University of South Australia.[1] She has also worked as a weekend newsreader at Austereo Radio.[2] She began training as a presenter at C31 Adelaide.

She joined NWS 9 in Adelaide in 2006 as a general reporter for Nine News, and in 2007 began acting as fill-in news presenter on weekends.[1] She replaced Rob Kelvin in 2011.[3]

Collins was formerly the presenter of the now-defunct Adelaide edition of A Current Affair.[4]

Personal life

In August 2014, Collins announced that she was pregnant with her first child and in February 2015 gave birth to a baby boy Harvey. In January 2018, Collins welcomed her second child Eddie.

References

1. "Kate Collins". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
2. "Kate Collins". LinkedIn. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
3. Knox, David. "Veteran Adelaide newsreader Rob Kelvin to retire | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
4. The Advertiser (2009), Nine opens local Today Show bureau after dumping Adelaide A Current Affair, http://www.couriermail.com.au, accessed 26 November 2013,<http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/nine-opens-local-today-show-bureau-after-dumping-adelaide-a-current-affair/story-e6freon6-1225811676097>