Avani Dias was born on 15 November 1991 and is an Australian journalist and radio presenter.
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Avani Dias will join Four Corners as a reporter after returning to Australia.
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Avani Dias received a cadetship at ABC News in 2015, becoming a video-journalist and later anchoring the Darwin 7PM News bulletin.
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Avani Dias has won and been nominated for various journalistic awards, including Public Interest Award at the New South Wales Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards in 2019.
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Avani Dias was born on 15 November 1991, in Wattle Grove, New South Wales.
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Avani Dias grew up in the south west of Sydney, Australia.
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The elder of two siblings, Avani Dias has one brother, Seth.
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Avani Dias completed her secondary schooling at Bankstown Grammar School in 2009, and completed her tertiary education at the University of Sydney.
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Avani Dias began her career with FBi Radio, which she credits as giving her "a start in media".
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Avani Dias began working at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a production assistant, before being awarded a cadetship with ABC News in 2015.
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Avani Dias went on to work as a multi-platform and video-journalist for the ABC in Sydney and Darwin, later anchoring the Darwin 7PM News bulletin.
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In December 2019, Avani Dias was announced as the new radio presenter for current affairs program Hack on the ABC's youth-focused radio station Triple J, which she hosted until December 2021.
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In 2021 it was announced that Avani Dias would relocate to New Delhi to serve as the ABC's foreign correspondent for South East Asia.
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Avani Dias additionally wrote for The New Daily from 2015 to 2017.
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Avani Dias will join Four Corners as a reporter on her return to Australia.
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On June 27,2024, ABC News issued a clarification, admitting that Avani Dias's claim was false.