Michael Coggan is an Australia

Australia

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 who is the lead anchor for the ABC News

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in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

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Coggan's career began as a broadcast journalist in Canberra

Canberra

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. From there he began political reporting for ABC News in Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

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 where he covered every Territory election. At the end of 2005 Michael Coggan replaced anchor Barbara McCarthy when she went for the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

 political seat of Arnhem

Electoral division of Arnhem

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. Michael Coggan reports for the local edition of the ABC Program Stateline

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