Chris Uhlmann is an Australian

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 television presenter and journalist. He is chief political editor for ABC News 24

ABC News 24

ABC News 24 is an Australian 24-hour news channel launched and owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The channel replaced the former ABC High Definition simulcast of ABC1 and commenced broadcasting at 7:30pm 5:30 on Thursday, 22 July 2010.-Pre-launch:The ABC announced in January 2010...

, and in December, 2010, was appointed as co-host of the ABC Television

ABC Television

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 current affairs program, 7.30

The 7.30 Report

The 7.30 Report is an Australian nightly television current affairs program, that was shown on ABC1 and ABC News 24 at , Mondays–Thursdays...

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Uhlmann unsuccessfully contested the ACT 1998 general election

Australian Capital Territory general election, 1998

Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 21 February 1998. The incumbent Liberal Party, led by Kate Carnell, was challenged by the Labor Party, led by Wayne Berry. Candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single...

 for the electorate of Brindabella with the Osborne

Paul Osborne

Paul Osborne is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, administrator and politician. He played first-grade rugby league for the St George Dragons and Canberra Raiders before serving as a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1995 until 2001...

 Independent Group,
a strong pro-life ticket with stated objectives of blocking both euthanasia legislation and legislation to decriminalise abortion.
Uhlmann was formerly a seminarian

Seminary

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, security guard

Security guard

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, and journalist with The Canberra Times

The Canberra Times

The Canberra Times newspaper was founded in 1926 in Canberra, Australia by Arthur Shakespeare.It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being The Federal Capital Pioneer. The paper was sold to the Fairfax group in the 1960s by Arthur Shakespeare on the condition that it continue...

, before joining Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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 in 1999. He is married to Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....

 member, Gai Brodtmann

Gai Brodtmann

Gai Marie Brodtmann an Australian politician, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Canberra representing the Australian Labor Party...

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