This year marks Liz Hayes’ 40th Year at Nine.
She joined
Today for a decade from 1986. In 1996 she joined
60 Minutes, this year marking 25 years with the show.
Taree-born Hayes started her as a cadet journalist on the local
Manning River Times newspaper, before joining Southdown Press (including briefly filing for TV Week and New Idea) prior to joining
10 Eyewitness News.
“They had a swimming pool. I was like ‘What the hell is that? ”
Journalism wasn’t in the family when she began, but it was her fascination with people that triggered her interest.
“I didn’t know what I was necessarily getting myself into when I took up the job as a cadet in my local newspaper. As all things in life it was incremental. You start with small steps…” she explains.