Kate Freebairn

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Kate Freebairn is an Australian journalist and television news presenter.

Freebairn presents live weather report 10 News First in Melbourne and Adelaide, as well as appearing on The Project and Studio 10.

Career[]

Freebairn was born and educated in Adelaide, completing a Bachelor of Journalism at the University of South Australia. While in her final year of studies, at 19 years old, she made an early start to her media career as a freelance news reporter at Channel Seven Adelaide. On completion of her degree, she accepted a full-time role with Southern Cross News, spending 10 months working as a video journalist in Broken Hill.

Freebairn made the move to Network 10 in 2008, working as a news reporter until 2014, when she replaced veteran weather presenter Jane Reilly who retired after 37 years in television.

Freebairn is the ambassador for a suburban Adelaide shopping centre, Burnside Village.^[1][2] She also spent two years as the face of South Australia's Fashion at the Races,^[3] and is an ambassador for F45 Training.^[4]

She also works closely with two charities, as an ambassador for Variety – the Children's Charity, to support children who are sick, disadvantaged or have special needs;^[5] and the Jodi Lee Foundation for bowel cancer prevention.^[6]

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