Australian journalist
Paul Makin
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Born
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1947-12-18
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18 December 1947
(age 76)
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Occupation(s)
| television and radio journalist
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Spouse
| -
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Partner
| Marion Blackham
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Children
| Rebecca and Paul Makin
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Parent(s)
| William Andrew Makin (ca. 1918?2002) and Poppy Louisa Makin (1922?2015)
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Paul Makin
(born 18 December 1947,
Marrickville, New South Wales
) is a South Australia based television and radio journalist. He started as a cadet journalist at Radio
5KA
Adelaide in 1973 joined Radio
2UE
Sydney in 1976 before moving to television; he is currently a freelance presenter for
Channel 7 Adelaide
.
Personal life
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Makin was born in
Marrickville
,
Sydney
on 18 December 1947, the only child of William and Poppy Makin. He grew up in the south-western Sydney suburb of
Panania
where he started his schooling at Panania North Public School and later attended Kingsgrove De La Salle.
Makin has been married once and has two children, Rebecca and Paul. He has been with his current partner Marion Blackham since 1999.
Career history
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Makin has been in the media for over 40 years,
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he began his career as a Cine-Cameraman in 1963 and worked with
ATN Channel 7 Sydney
,
NWS Channel 9 Adelaide
,
SAS Channel 10 Adelaide
,
WIN Channel 4 Wollongong
, as a
stringer
with
ABC Sydney
and
TCN Channel 9 Sydney
.
He joined Radio
5KA
Adelaide in 1973 to take up a journalism cadetship and in 1976 joined Radio
2UE
Sydney as a radio journalist and on-road reporter whilst also presenting the
Night-watch
program. He was the first newsman on the scene of the
Granville train disaster
.
From 1977 to 1980 he was the on-air reporter for
Willesee at 7
and presented the show in the absence of
Mike Willesee
.
Makin moved to
Melbourne
in 1980 as news reporter and presenter for
Newsbeat
on Radio
3UZ
and was stationed in
Newport Rhode Island
to cover the
America’s Cup
. During this time he hosted the national game show
$50,000 Letterbox
out of
Perth
.
In 1984 he joined Channel 10 Adelaide (previously ADS Channel 7) as a senior reporter and hosted
Makin’s Adelaide
,
State Affair
and
Great Mysteries of the World
from the news desk. During this time he became entertainment reporter and senior reporter for
This Week
and a regular contributor to
Bert Newton’s
Good Morning Australia
. In 1999 Makin left the media to travel overseas.
Makin returned to the media in 2000 to take up the senior reporter’s role with
Today Tonight
Channel 7 Adelaide and fill-in executive producer whilst he was on leave. During this time he hosted various radio shifts with Radio
5AA
Adelaide through the Celebrity Summer Season and filled in for the suspended
Leon Byner
until his return to the airwaves.
[2]
He moved back to Sydney between 2001 and 2007, to be with his partner who relocated there to establish a business. He worked in various freelance roles including radio announcer for Radio
2UE
,
[3]
Radio
2GB
,
ABC NewsRadio
and as a senior television reporter with Channel 7
Today Tonight
program.
Makin moved back to Adelaide in 2007 to take up the role of senior investigative journalist, reporter and stand-in presenter with Channel 7 Adelaide’s
Today Tonight
.
[4]
In 2013 he took up a six-month contract with Radio 5AA presenting the evening program. He is currently working in a freelance capacity for Channel 7 Adelaide’s
Today Tonight
filming and presenting stories.
Acting career
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Makin has acted in a variety of feature films, plays and television shows, and over the years has been a regular
MC
for a host of charitable events. He has been involved in the production and hosting of corporate presentations, television commercials and is the voice for Explorer Hop On - Hop Off Sightseeing Tour Buses around Australia. He appeared in episode 578 of Prisoner playing the role of a television host.
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Feature films
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Television series
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- Crawford Productions
Zoo Family
, Playing the Role of Film Director. Director: Chris Snell
- Crawford Productions
Special Squad
, Playing the Role of a Drunken Journalist. Director:
Howard Rubie
- Crawford Productions
The Flying Doctors
, Playing the Role of Rodeo Caller. Director:
Pino Amenta
- Crawford Productions
Special Squad
, Playing the Role of Sex Shop Grafter. Director:
Arch Nicholson
- Crawford Productions
Carson's Law
, Playing the Role of Racehourse Trainer Mr Gilbertson. Director: Paul Moloney
- Crawford Productions
Carson's Law
, Playing the Role of Process Server. Director: Sean Nash
- Crawford Productions
Cop Shop
, Playing the Role of Real Estate Agent James Wilmott. Director: Robert Meillon
- Grundy Television
Prisoner
, Playing the Role of a Salesman. Director: Sean Nash
- Grundy Television
Prisoner
, Playing the Role of Talk Show Host Bob Michaels. Director: Kendal Flanigan
Plays
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- WA Productions
Mothers And Fathers
, Playing the Role of a Policeman. Director: Barrie Barkla
- Space Theatre Adelaide
Deadly Nightcap
, Playing the Role of Geoffrey Curtis. Director: John Edmund
References
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