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Australia 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 21 years helming the ABC's nightly bulletin in NSW, Juanita Phillips writes that she's proud to go out on her own terms — and looking forward to being home in time for dinner each night.
Juanita Phillips is a former ABC staff member. She presented the 7pm news bulletin in New South Wales.
MC • Speaker • Author • Journalist • Panel Facilitator ... Thanks @abcnews_au for 21 years of memories. And to all the floor managers who made my nightly cuppa.
Phillips was born in Brisbane, Queensland where she began her career in 1982 as a cadet newspaper journalist at The Courier-Mail where she became a feature writer and columnist.
In the early 1990s, Phillips worked at Ten Network station TVQ-10 in Brisbane as a reporter and presenter. She then made her national debut as regular presenter on Ten Eyewitness News weekend late edition in 1993, and later moved to Sydney to join Ron Wilson on Ten News First at Five.
Following a stint as presenter with Sky News Australia, Phillips moved to London.
In 1997, Phillips moved to London where she worked as a news presenter at BBC World News while at the same time running a London café.
She later moved to CNN International, also in London, working mainly as co-anchor on CNN Today.
Phillips authored 'The Newspaper Kids', a series of five children's books, published in 1996 and 1997 by HarperCollins.
Phillips published her book, 'A Pressure Cooker Saved My Life: how to have it all, do it all, and keep it all together', in 2010 through ABC Books.
Juanita Phillips, born on October 11, 1963, in Brisbane, Queensland, began her career in 1982 as a cadet newspaper journalist at The Courier-Mail. During her time there, she advanced to roles as a feature writer and columnist. This early experience in print journalism provided a foundational understanding of news reporting and editorial processes, which would later inform her extensive career in broadcasting.
In the early 1990s, Phillips transitioned to television, joining TVQ-10, a Ten Network station in Brisbane, where she worked as a reporter and presenter. She made her national television debut in 1993 as a regular presenter for the weekend late edition of Ten Eyewitness News, broadcast from Network Ten’s Brisbane studios. A year later, she moved to Sydney to co-anchor Ten News First at Five with Ron Wilson, a position she held for two years, succeeding Sandra Sully.
Following her tenure at Ten Network, Phillips gained international experience. In 1997, after a period as a presenter with Sky News Australia, she relocated to London. There, she worked as a news presenter for BBC World News and later served as a co-anchor for CNN International’s CNN Today. Upon her return to Australia, she became a weekend presenter for ABC News in New South Wales. In 2003, Phillips moved to co-anchor ABC News NSW with Tony Eastley, eventually becoming the solo presenter of the bulletin. She remained in this prominent role for 21 years, presenting approximately 4,500 bulletins, before announcing her resignation from the ABC in July 2023. Her final bulletin was on September 10, 2023, marking the end of a significant career in Australian news broadcasting.
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