Jayne Azzopardi Biography
Jayne Azzopardi is an Australian Weekend Today newsreader, Nine News presenter, and a senior reporter. She joined Nine News in 2009 as a political journalist in Canberra. Previously, she worked for international news organizations including ITN, BBC, CNBC, and Al Jazeera. She has also hosted Talking Married on the Nine Network sister channel 9Life.
Jayne Azzopardi Age
Azzopardi is 40 years old as of 2023. She was born on November 7, 1983, in Sydney, Australia.
Jayne Azzopardi Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches tall (1.63 m).
Jayne Azzopardi Nationality
She is Australian by nationality.
Jayne Azzopardi Education
Azzopardi attended Caringbah High School. While there she played netball. “I used to play netball when I was in high school,” she told Mediaweek. “I wasn’t particularly good at it. You don’t have to be good at something to be able to talk about it though. You have to be interested in it.”
Subsequently, she studied journalism at the University of Technology Sydney.
Jayne Azzopardi Parents
Jayne was born in Sydney, Australia. In 2017, she lost her grandmother, Carmela Formosa, who was born in Malta in 1921. At the tender age of 18, Carmela Formosa met and married her grandfather Carmelo Azzopardi (yes, Carmela and Carmelo – how cute is that?!). Jayne’s grandparents were married the day World War Two began, and lived in a simple mud brick home on the fairly barren land they farmed.
In 1955, Carmella, now with 8 children in tow, joined Carmelo in boarding a ship to Australia. The journey took 6 weeks. They disembarked in Sydney, and – carrying all their children and speaking not a word of English — ate a picnic meal in Belmore Park opposite Central Station before the whole family spent the night on benches inside the station and boarded a train the next day to a tiny town of El Arish, near Tully in Far North Queensland. Once there, her grandfather worked in cane fields while Carmela ran the tiny and simple corrugated iron-clad house they called home — packed with hungry and growing children learning English and making a new life far from home.
Jayne’s grandparents had eight children, first five daughters, then three sons, and Paul, Jayne’s father was the eldest son. A decade or so later, the family moved to Pendle Hill in Sydney’s western suburbs when their eldest son — Paul — got into teachers college.
Paul met his wife while in Pendle Hill, they got married and were blessed with three children, Jayne, her sister, and brother.
Jayne Azzopardi Husband
Jayne is married to Trent Butler. The couple tied the knot on 31 March 2018, at Glen Albyn Estate in Tasmania. On 4 February 2020, Jayne gave birth to her first child named Joey. In June 2021, she welcomed her second baby boy named Theodore Phillip.
“Perfect little Theodore Phillip arrived last week and completed our family. Mum and Dad are busy, tired, and feeling very grateful for our healthy & handsome little surprise package,” she said.
Jayne Azzopardi Nine News Sydney
Azzopardi is a Weekend Today newsreader, a Nine News presenter, and a senior reporter. She joined Nine News in 2009 as a political journalist in Canberra. In her time there she covered two elections and three leadership changes, before joining the Sydney newsroom in 2011.
Azzopardi regularly covers breaking news and big news stories across Australia and around the world – from natural disasters to Hollywood red carpets and royal tours. She also works as a presenter across Nine News bulletins. At the end of 2015, it was announced that Azzopardi would replace Wendy Kingston as news presenter for Weekend Today. In April 2023, Azzopardi was announced as co-host of Weekend Today alongside Clint Stanaway.
She studied journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney before moving to Wagga Wagga to start her career as a journalist at WIN News. Before joining Nine, she worked for international news organizations including ITN, BBC, CNBC, and Al Jazeera. She has also hosted Talking Married on the Nine Network sister channel 9Life.
Jayne Azzopardi Salary
She earns an average salary of $300,000.
Jayne Azzopardi Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 million as of 2023. She has mainly accumulated her net worth through her successful journalism career.
