1. Peter Overton grew up in Longueville, a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney.
16 Facts About Peter Overton
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Peter Overton went to Lane Cove Public School and North Sydney Boys High School.
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Peter Overton graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University.
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Peter Overton played the tuba whilst at Lane Cove Public School.
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Peter Overton's father, Dr John Overton, was an associate professor of anaesthesia at the University of Sydney and worked at The Children's Hospital at Westmead.
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In mid 2001, Peter Overton began dating then 10 News First presenter Jessica Rowe.
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Peter Overton joined the Seven Network in Adelaide during the 1980s and 1990s as a sport reporter.
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Peter Overton joined the Nine Network soon after as a reporter for Nine News and later was appointed weekend sports presenter on Nine News in Sydney and fill-in presenter for Ken Sutcliffe.
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Peter Overton filed weekday news updates from the newsroom during Brian Henderson's tenure as presenter of Nine News in Sydney.
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Peter Overton occasionally presented weekend news bulletins, and substituted on National Nine Early News and Today news for Sharyn Ghidella and on Nightline for Jim Waley.
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Peter Overton co-hosted Nine's coverage of the Thredbo disaster with Tracy Grimshaw.
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Peter Overton was a reporter for the current affairs program 60 Minutes for eight years and held positions at 2UE, Sky News Australia and the Seven Network in Adelaide.
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In January 2009, Peter Overton was appointed presenter of Nine News Sydney replacing Mark Ferguson following poor ratings.
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Peter Overton was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours.
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Peter Overton is a patron of the MonSTaR Foundation, a charity raising money and awareness of motor neurone disease.
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Peter Overton is an ambassador for Special Olympics Australia, a not-for-profit organisation that supports children and adults with an intellectual disability.