Peter Overton (born 1965) is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.
He joined the Nine Network as a reporter for Nine News and graduated to weekend sports anchor on TCN9 (Sydney) and substitute for Ken Sutcliffe. Peter also filed weekday news updates from the newsroom during Brian Henderson's tenure as anchor of Nine News Sydney. He occasionally anchored weekend editions of Nine News, and substituted on Daybreak news at 6am and t...
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Peter Overton (born 1965) is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.
He joined the Nine Network as a reporter for Nine News and graduated to weekend sports anchor on TCN9 (Sydney) and substitute for Ken Sutcliffe. Peter also filed weekday news updates from the newsroom during Brian Henderson's tenure as anchor of Nine News Sydney. He occasionally anchored weekend editions of Nine News, and substituted on Daybreak news at 6am and the Today Show news for Sharyn Ghidella. He also co-anchored Nine's coverage of the Thredbo disaster with Tracy Grimshaw, and co-anchored the Today Show with Tracy on at least one occasion. Peter's ongoing recognition within the newsroom led to his most prominent appointment as a reporter for 60 Minutes. Peter was supposedly contracted to be appointed to the role of TCN9 Sydney news anchor after Jim Waley's tenure, however Mark Ferguson was appointed to the role.
Peter became the anchor of Nine News Sydney in January 2009, replacing Mark...
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