Stan Grant

Stan Grant (born September 30, 1963) is an Australian journalist of part Indigenous Australian ancestry. He was born in Griffith, New South Wales.

Career

He has had a career as a news reader and presenter on Australian radio (Macquarie Radio Network) and television (Seven Network, Australian Broadcasting Corporation), along with a stint at CNN International in Hong Kong and Beijing, responsible for the news network's coverage of China. (Hugh Riminton has taken his seat in Hong Kong.)

In 2007, alongside news reader Mary Kostakidis he took on the role of co-presenter of the one hour 6.30pm SBS World News Australia bulletin. His former wife Karla Grant is also employed on the SBS program Living Black.

In 1994, as host of the Seven Network current affairs program Real Life he won the Logie Award for Most Popular Current Affairs Program.^[1]

In September 2007, Grant was announced presenter and producer of ABC Local Radio's Indigenous program Speaking Out which focuses on culture, lifestyle and political issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia. Grant replaced Kerry Klimm.

Family and social

Grant is a member of the Wiradjuri tribe of Indigenous Australians from the south-west inland region of the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Grant was married to Karla with whom he had three children. A well publicised marriage break-up in 2000, prior to the Sydney Olympic Games, resulted from his starting a relationship with fellow TV personality Tracey Holmes. His employment at Seven was terminated as a result, and they moved to Hong Kong.

Grant is the son of Stan Grant.

References

External links

• article - The Australian 10 February 2005
• Profile at abc.net.au

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