Fran Kelly Biography
Fran Kelly is an Australian radio broadcaster, current affairs journalist, and political correspondent who hosted ABC Radio National’s Breakfast from March 2005 to early December 2021.
How old is Fran Kelly? – Age
Kelly was born and raised up in Adelaide, South Australia. His date of birth is not known.
Fran Kelly Family – Education
Kelly was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia. She graduated from St Dominic’s Priory College in North Adelaide in 1974 and, after passing up a cadetship at The Advertiser, went on to the University of Adelaide, where she earned an arts degree and majored in literature and classics while also participating in the women’s movement, theatre, and music.
Fran Kelly Girlfriend
Kelly had been with her girlfriend, Marion Frith, for about 30 years, according to reports in August 2021. Kelly is the stepmother to Frith’s three children from a previous marriage.
Fran Kelly Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1.7 Million.
Fran Kelly Political views
Kelly has called herself an activist. Kelly is a feminist who revealed in a 2012 interview that she had identified as one since she was in elementary school.
Kelly initiated the Australian Human Rights Commission’s “Same-Sex: Same Entitlements” inquiry in 2007. She has participated in One Just World’s speaker forums, moderating a WOMADelaide “Women of the World” forum and spoke on the “Stand Up Against Poverty” forum in 2009.
Fran Kelly ABC Radio
Kelly went to Sydney in 1988 to work on The Drum on Triple J after realizing her true calling was journalism. She began working as a correspondent for ABC Radio National’s AM and PM current affairs programs in 1990. Kelly became the ABC’s Canberra bureau chief, chief political correspondent for AM and PM, political editor for Radio National Breakfast and The 7:30 Report on ABC television, and Europe correspondent. She returned to Australia in 2005 to anchor Radio National Breakfast.
In 2008, Kelly worked on the documentary series The Howard Years, for which she interviewed former US President George W. Bush. She has appeared on ABC TV’s Insiders as a panelist and analyst, and she hosted the show from August to December 2019. Kelly announced her departure from RN Breakfast on October 21, 2021, however she will continue to work for the ABC in roles like as covering federal elections, continuing as co-host of the podcast The Party Room, and other future ventures. Her latest performance was on December 2, 2021.
Kelly was named as the anchor of a new ABC TV discussion show called Frankly in August 2022. A number of newspaper columnists criticized her appointment, arguing that the role should have gone to someone much younger. This sparked a widespread debate regarding the media’s apparent ageism and prejudice against older women. Kelly’s successor at RN Breakfast, Patricia Karvelas, and ABC chair Ita Buttrose were both chastised for defending Kelly against what they saw to be ageist attitudes.
Frankly premiered on ABC TV on October 7, 2022, with Kelly’s first guests being Shaun Micallef, Richard Harris, and Kirsten Banks. The program garnered mostly positive to mixed reviews.