Melissa Downes
Melissa Downes (born 1971) is an Australian broadcast journalist, who is a main anchor for QTQ-9's flagship news program Nine News Queensland, presenting alongside Andrew Lofthouse on weeknights.
Downes first worked with BTQ-7 where she was a reporter & fill-in presenter and also co-presented a live 5pm local magazine show.
After joining Nine in 2001, Downes reported on the road and acted as fill-in weekend presenter before assuming that role full-time in 2006. She has also worked as a reporter for local magazine show Saturday Afternoon and a presenter of QTQ-9's Nine Gold Coast News service.
In November 2008, she was appointed a main co-anchor of the 6pm weeknight bulletin, replacing Heather Foord.
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Preceded by Jillian Whiting |
Nine News Queensland Weekend Presenter 2006 – December 2008 |
Succeeded by Andrew Lofthouse & Eva Milic |
Preceded by Heather Foord |
Nine News Queensland Weeknight Presenter with Bruce Paige & Andrew Lofthouse January 2009 – present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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