Hugh Riminton
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Hugh Riminton | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Australian |
Education | Master's Degree |
Occupations |
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Employer | Network 10 |
Spouses |
Mary Lloyd
(m. 2010; div. 2023) |
Children | 4 |
Hugh Riminton is a Sri Lankan-born Australian
Early life and education
Born in Sri Lanka, where his father managed tea estates, Riminton briefly migrated to the United Kingdom, then to New Zealand when he was five. He began work as a cadet reporter aged 17 in
Riminton graduated with a master's degree from Macquarie University with a major work focusing on peacekeeping policy.[1]
Career
Riminton joined the Australian Nine Network as a Melbourne-based general reporter in 1989. He became its London-based correspondent in 1991.
Riminton has reported from more than 40 countries, notably South Africa, Uganda, South Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda, the Middle East, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, South East Asia, East Timor, China, the United States and the Pacific Islands. He has received several honours for his reporting work, including a
In 2001, he was appointed full-time presenter of the
From January 2005 until September 2008, he co-anchored CNN Today with Kristie Lu Stout out of Hong Kong. During that time, the programme twice won the Asian Television Award for Asia-Pacific's Best News Programme.[2]
Riminton left
In November 2010, Riminton was appointed as
In February 2014,
In August 2020, Riminton commenced as occasional presenter of the Brisbane 10 News First bulletin, after the network consolidated production of bulletins for all cities to Melbourne (for Melbourne and Adelaide) and Sydney (for Sydney, Brisbane and Perth).
Other roles and activities
He is[when?] actively involved in Australian Defence veterans' welfare issues and was a foundation board member of the charity Soldier On.[4] He also was foundation chair of the John Mac Foundation, founded by 2017 NSW Australian of the Year, Deng Adut. Its primary work is funding university scholarships for Australian students from refugee backgrounds. Riminton is a member of the advisory board of Media Diversity Australia and is on the board of the Crescent Institute, a Sydney-based think tank.
In 2017
Personal life
Riminton was married to Sue Perry from the 1980s to the 1990s.[citation needed]
Natasha Stott Despoja, a leader of the Australian Democrats (served 2001-02) was in a relationship with Riminton until 2001.[5]
In 2004, he moved to Hong Kong with Kumi Taguchi.[6]
Riminton and Stott Despoja had an unusual reunion in 2013 when they were both on the same panel for The Project coverage of that year's federal election.[7]
Riminton was a single father when he met journalist Mary Lloyd in early 2007 while working at CNN.[8] In 2009, the family moved to Canberra, Australia, where their son was born. The couple were married in Cambodia in 2010. Their daughter was born in 2011.[9]
References
- ^ ISBN 9780733638763. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "'CNN TODAY' AND 'TALK ASIA' TAKE PRESTIGIOUS ASIAN TELEVISION AWARDS - Press Releases - Turner Asia". 20 December 2008. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Sydney - TEN Eyewitness News - Network Ten". Tenplay.com.au. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Helping our wounded warriors". Soldier On. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Natasha: I'm through making sacrifices for politics". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 April 2002. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Anchors Away". sunhearald.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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- ^ "Raising Someone Else's Child Is Hard, But So Rewarding". huffingtonpost.com.au. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "Hugh Becomes a Proud Father to a Baby Girl". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 12 March 2017.