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Laurie Oakes was born on 14 August, 1943 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian journalist (born 1943). Discover Laurie Oakes's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?
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Retired journalist and author |
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80 years old |
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Leo |
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14 August, 1943 |
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14 August |
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Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality |
Australia
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Laurie Oakes Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Laurie Oakes Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Laurie Oakes worth at the age of 80 years old? Laurie Oakes’s income source is mostly from being a successful journalist. He is from Australia. We have estimated Laurie Oakes's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Laurie Oakes (born 14 August 1943 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian former journalist.
He graduated in 1964 from the University of Sydney while working part-time with the Sydney Daily Mirror.
At the age of 25 he was the Melbourne Sun's Canberra Bureau Chief and while working for that paper he began providing political commentaries for the TV program, Willesee at Seven.
He worked in the Canberra Press Gallery from 1969 to 2017, covering the Parliament of Australia and federal elections for print, radio, and television.
Oakes was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, the son of Wes and Hazel Oakes.
His father worked for BHP as an accountant.
When Oakes was six years old, his father was transferred to Cockatoo Island, a small island off the coast of Derby, Western Australia, where there was an iron ore mine.
He began his schooling at a one-teacher school with only 20–30 children.
Oakes later moved back to New South Wales and attended Lithgow High School.
In 1978 he began The Laurie Oakes Report, a televised political journal.
In 1979 he joined Network Ten and worked there for five years.
He has since written about politics for The Age in Melbourne and the Sunday Telegraph in Sydney.
He commentated for several radio stations.
In 1980 he obtained a draft copy of the Australian federal budget before it was delivered in Parliament.
In 1997, Oakes used leaked documents to report on abuse of parliamentary travel expenses, which ended the careers of three ministers, several other politicians and some of their staff.
More recently he used leaked documents showing the Rudd Government ignored warnings from four key departments about its Fuelwatch scheme.
Oakes has been a weekly contributor to various Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) owned media outlets, including the former Channel 9 television program, Sunday.
He has also been a regular reporter for Nine News.
In 1998 Oakes won the Walkley Award for journalistic leadership, and again in 2001 for television news reporting.
In a 2004 interview, Oakes said: "My personal politics are pretty much in the middle, I would think. I've voted both ways at various times. I don't know if perceptions about my politics influence whether people will be interviewed. [Paul] Keating used to boycott the program every now and again; not because he thought I was a Liberal but because he thought I wouldn't toe the line. Paul believed in rewards and punishment."
Oakes has been nicknamed the "Sphere of Influence" by Crikey.
He wrote a weekly column for The Bulletin magazine until it ceased publication in January, 2008.
Oakes then wrote for news.com.au publications until his retirement.
He claimed the Gold Walkley in 2010 for his reporting of Labor leaks during the federal election campaign.
In 2010, Oakes won the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year award.
In 2011, Oakes was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame.
He announced his retirement date as 18 August 2017.
