Journalism career

Eastley began his journalism career in the 1970s with The Examiner newspaper in Launceston, Tasmania

Launceston, Tasmania

Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...

 before joining the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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 in 1979.

With ABC-TV he spent stints in Singapore and Hong Kong as a foreign correspondent.

After arriving back in Australia he presented ABC TV's breakfast news.

From 2001 to 2003 he was the newsreader of the NSW ABC-TV 7pm news, having taken over from long-standing newsreader Richard Morecroft

Richard Morecroft

Richard Morecroft is an Australian television presenter and former host of the ABC News Sydney bulletin. He is currently host of the quiz-show Letters and Numbers.-Early life:...

. He is now the presenter of the local radio news and current affairs programme AM

AM (ABC Radio)

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. He is based in Sydney

Sydney

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