juanita phillips

Juanita Phillips is a former ABC staff member and highly experienced journalist and news presenter, known for her two-decade tenure presenting the 7pm news bulletin in New South Wales. After making her national television debut in 1993 as a regular presenter for the weekend late edition of Ten Eyewitness News from Network Ten’s Brisbane studios, Juanita Phillips quickly established herself as a formidable broadcast journalist. She had previously honed her skills in print journalism, beginning in 1982 as a cadet journalist at The Courier-Mail where she advanced to feature writer and columnist. Transitioning to television in the early 1990s at TVQ-10, a Ten Network station in Brisbane, she served as a reporter and presenter.

Beyond her anchoring duties, she also contributed articles to The Bulletin in 2007 and published her book, ‘A Pressure Cooker Saved My Life,’ in 2010, further showcasing her versatility as a communicator. After an illustrious career spanning decades, Phillips announced her resignation from the ABC in July 2023, with her final ABC News bulletin airing on September 10, 2023. This marked the culmination of a significant chapter in Australian news broadcasting, concluding her two-decade tenure as the 7pm news presenter in New South Wales. Her enduring legacy is defined by her professionalism, authoritative delivery, and unwavering commitment to delivering news to millions of viewers nightly.