The story so far

Amanda began her life in Australia's capital, Canberra. In leafy suburbia she braved bitter winters, nightmarish public transport systems and the kind of political debates that only living in the same city as Parliament House can provide. Studying a Bachelor of Arts in Communications at the University of Technology Sydney, she acquired the skills required for modern newsrooms. After not-too-many hours of uni and many, many, many hours of interning, Amanda scored her first job at Fairfax’s regional masthead, The Queanbeyan Age. Reporting on local courts, crime, and politics, gave Amanda a solid foundation in telling stories that matter to people in communities. Moving into television, she took up a gig with SBS, helping produce the Insight program, before scoring a news cadetship at the broadcaster. The unique channel shaped her into a journalist and producer capable of working across all mediums - TV, online, and radio. Now she has ended up back in Canberra, this time on Capital Hill in the federal press gallery.

Today Amanda is passionate about politics, foreign affairs, and Nutella.