1. Lisa Clare Wilkinson is an Australian television presenter, journalist, and magazine editor.
23 Facts About Lisa Wilkinson
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Lisa Wilkinson was born in Wollongong, but grew up in Campbelltown, in Sydney's Western Suburbs and attended Campbelltown High School.
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Lisa Wilkinson began her career working for the magazine Dolly.
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Over ten years Lisa Wilkinson became the title's longest-serving editor, and during her tenure there was unprecedented circulation growth for the magazine.
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Lisa Wilkinson went on to become Cleo's International Editor-in-Chief as it opened titles in New Zealand and Asia.
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From 1999 to 2007, Lisa Wilkinson was editor-at-large of The Australian Women's Weekly.
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On 10 May 2007, it was confirmed that Lisa Wilkinson was to co-host Today on the Nine Network after Jessica Rowe left the network and she began appearing on Today on 28 May 2007.
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On 16 October 2017, Lisa Wilkinson resigned from the Nine Network and Today effective immediately due to a contract dispute with management over the significant gender pay gap that existed between her and long-time co-host Karl Stefanovic after ten years with the network.
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Lisa Wilkinson herself announced she was leaving on Twitter and then just over an hour later announced on Twitter that she was joining Network 10.
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On 20 November 2022 Lisa Wilkinson "stepped down" from her role on The Project after a controversial year on the program.
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From 2008 to 2016, Lisa Wilkinson was the co-host of the Nine Network's Carols by Candlelight, replacing long time host Ray Martin when Martin semi-retired.
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Lisa Wilkinson was replaced by Sonia Kruger in 2017 after she left the Nine Network.
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In 2013, Lisa Wilkinson gave the Andrew Olle Media Lecture on the treatment of women in and by the media.
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Lisa Wilkinson was the first female journalist to give the speech since Jana Wendt in 1997.
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In 2017, Lisa Wilkinson was remarked on by The Daily Mail for wearing on air a blouse she had worn four months before.
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Lisa Wilkinson married author, journalist and former rugby international Peter FitzSimons on 26 September 1992; they have two sons and one daughter.
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Lisa Wilkinson published her autobiography in 2021: It Wasn't Meant to Be Like This, HarperCollins,.
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Lisa Wilkinson was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Australia Day Honours list for significant service to the print and broadcast media as a journalist and presenter, and to a range of youth and women's health groups.
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In 2017, Lisa Wilkinson's portrait by artist Peter Smeeth was a finalist in the Archibald Prize, and winner of the Packing Room Prize.
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In 2022, Lisa Wilkinson was part of The Project team that won 2 Logie Awards - one for Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program and one for Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report.
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The subsequent publicity generated from Lisa Wilkinson's speech caused lawyers for the man awaiting trial in this matter to lodge an application to temporarily stay proceedings.
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On 21 June 2022, lawyers for the accused argued that Lisa Wilkinson's "speech did not need to be made" and the ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum granted the man's application.
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Lisa Wilkinson subsequently commenced legal action against her employer, Network 10, over alleged failure of the Network to pay her legal fees of $700,000.