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Hamish Macdonald returns to Ten after 18 months at the ABC
July 21, 2021 10:36
Just 24 hours after it was revealed Hamish Macdonald will depart the ABC, Network Ten has announced the presenter will rejoin its news panel program The Project.
Ten revealed that Macdonald will reunite with Lisa Wilkinson as the co-host of The Sunday Project in September, and will also appear on The Project’s Friday night episode each week.
Macdonald moved to the ABC in 2020, replacing Tony Jones as the host of Q+A, beating out completion from the likes of David Speers for the job. During his time on the show, Macdonald well as guided the program through its first time slot change in its 13-year history to 8.30pm Thursdays.
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“I am enormously grateful for the opportunity I’ve been given to host
Q+A and to work alongside wonderful, talented and passionate people,” said Macdonald. “I am really proud of what we’ve achieved together during these extraordinary times.
“I’d also like to thank the incredible
Q+A audience for all they contribute to this program each week. It is, after all, their show. Their questions and stories from all corners of Australia are inspiring, revealing and clever – and it has been a privilege to receive and read them.
“I’m really excited to be moving on to a new opportunity, and working more with the ABC in the future.”