Brooke Boney

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Brooke Boney
Born c. 1987
Education University of Technology Sydney
Occupation Journalist, TV presenter, Entertainment reporter
Years active 2011–present
Employer Nine Network
Television Today

Brooke Boney (c. 1986) is an Australian journalist and television presenter of Aboriginal Gamilaroi descent.

Boney is currently a news and entertainment presenter of Nine Network's breakfast program Today.

Early life and education

Boney was born in 1987 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales,[1] the eldest of six children.[2] She is a Gamilaroi woman.[3] She worked as a volunteer in community radio while at high school. She has also undertaken an advertising cadetship at the Australian Financial Review. After entering as a mature age student,[4] Boney graduated from University of Technology Sydney with a Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) in 2014.[5]

Career

While studying for her degree, Boney produced the Blackchat program on Sydney's Koori Radio before morning lectures, and did an internship at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in the afternoons. Before graduating, she was appointed as a political correspondent for NITV, based at Parliament House from 2013. Her first assignments had to cover the March 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership spill and the federal election that followed.[2]

She worked as a newsreader on the ABC's radio network Triple J from 2016 to 2018,[1][6] and became known for using the traditional Gamilaroi greeting of "Yaama" when introducing herself at the start of Triple J's news bulletin.[3][7][1]

In December 2018, it was announced that Boney had been appointed as entertainment reporter on the Nine Network's breakfast program Today, to work alongside the network's long-serving entertainment editor Richard Wilkins in 2019.[3] As of November 2022 she is in this role.[8]

In January 1999, just days into her new job, she was asked for her opinion on Change the Date, a campaign which proposes moving Australia Day from its current date, which marks the date of the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney. She replied:[5]<templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

This is the best country in the world, no doubt. But I can't separate the 26th of January from the fact that my brothers are more likely to go to jail than they are to go to school, or that my little sisters and my mum are more likely to be beaten and raped than anyone else’s sisters and mum, and that started from that day.

This prompted a harsh backlash, mixed reactions from some viewers, and much commentary in the media.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

In February 2021, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Boney and Linda Marigliano would host The Dream Club podcast on LiSTNR. The podcast is a weekly social commentary and pop culture reviews on internet culture.[15]

In November 2021, Boney won Nine Network's Lego Masters: Bricksmas specials.[16]

In December 2022, Nine announced that Boney will host Carols by Candelight with David Campbell.[17]

In January 2023, Brb replaced Alex Cullen as news presenter on Today taking on news and entertainment with Cullen focusing on sport.[18]

In April 2023, Boney filled in on Will & Woody on the KIIS Network whilst Woody Whitelaw competed in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[19]

Other roles

Boney is a spokesperson for the GO Foundation, which focuses on education for Indigenous Australians.[5][4]

A portrait of Boney and her pet pug Jimmy by Laura Jones was a finalist for the 2022 Archibald Prize.[20]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chrysanthos, Natassia (17 January 2019) Brooke Boney on being commercial breakfast TV's first indigenous star, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fryer, Brooke (21 December 2018) Brooke Boney set to be one of the few young Indigenous women on commercial television, NITV, Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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  6. ↑ (27 November 2018) Two triple j legends are bidding a fond farewell, Triple J, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  7. ↑ (28 August 2018) Why does Brooke keep saying 'Yaama' before the news?, Triple J, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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  10. ↑ (17 January 2019) Breakfast TV reporter Brooke Boney weighs in on debate around Australia Day date, ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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  14. ↑ Molloy, Shannon (31 January 2019) Brooke Boney was praised while Kerri-Anne Kennerley was called racist. What's the difference?, news.com.au, News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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Preceded by Today
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January 2023 – present		 Succeeded by
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Preceded by Today
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January 2019 – present		 Succeeded by
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