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14 Facts About Emma Alberici

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Emma Alberici has been a foreign correspondent for the ABC.

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Emma Alberici previously worked as a reporter for the ABC's The 7.30 Report and Lateline, and was a reporter and producer with A Current Affair on Australia's Nine Network.

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Emma Alberici's parents are Italian immigrants who arrived in Australia by passenger liner in 1955.

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The family settled in Melbourne, where Emma Alberici attended Our Lady of Mercy College in Heidelberg, Victoria.

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Emma Alberici graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism and economics from Deakin University and a bachelor's degree in Italian from the University of Melbourne.

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Emma Alberici was a reporter on The Small Business Show at the Nine Network.

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Emma Alberici has three times been a finalist in the Walkley Awards for journalism.

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Emma Alberici authored three editions of The Small Business Book.

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Emma Alberici began hosting the ABC's flagship current affairs program Lateline in 2012, when she replaced Ali Moore.

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On 14 February 2018, Emma Alberici wrote a news story for the ABC website stating evidence that only one in five large companies pays Australian tax, and an analysis piece critical of the government's proposed company tax cuts.

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Emma Alberici brought in a lawyer to negotiate with ABC management, and both pieces were edited and republished about a week later.

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Emma Alberici was made redundant by the ABC in 2020.

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Emma Alberici was married to Jason McCauley, a sound recordist on 60 Minutes.

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Emma Alberici has lived in London, England, where she was based as the ABC's Europe correspondent.