Jeff Newman OAM

Order of Australia

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 was the Seven Network

Seven Network

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's weather

Weather

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 presenter

Presenter

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 in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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 from 1991 to 2009.

He has won five Logie Awards for the state's most popular male television

Television

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 personality.

He joined the network in 1967 and worked in various positions within the industry, before joining Seven News

Seven News

Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...

 in 1982 as a newsreader

News presenter

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. He has been the weather presenter on Seven News since 1991.

Newman was perhaps best known for his role as host of "It's Academic", a popular school quiz program that ran for ten years from 1969 to 1979 and later revived from 2001 and 2005.

His brother is Peter Newman

Peter Newman

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, another well-known Perth media personality.

Newman announced his retirement on July 1, 2009 and announced that Natalia Cooper

Natalia Cooper

Natalia Cooper is an Australian television weather presenter for Channel Seven.-Biography:Cooper's career began at GWN where she started out as a cadet journalist after finishing her degree in Journalism at Curtin University. Cooper then worked for Channel Nine as WIN newsreader and Channel Nine...

is his replacement.

He did his last weather broadcast on August 10, 2009.