Michael Rowland Biography
Michael Rowland is a media personality serving as a presenter at ABC News. He has presented ABC News Breakfast since the launch of ABC News 24 in July 2010. Before that, Michael spent four years as an ABC correspondent in Washington.
Michael Rowland Age
He is 55 years old as of 2024. He was born on July 8, 1968, in Australia.
Michael Rowland Height
Rowland is 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Michael Rowland Nationality
He holds Australian nationality.
Michael Rowland Education
Michael went to De La Salle College Ashfield and later attended the University of Technology, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Communication.
Michael Rowland Family
There is no information concerning his parents and siblings’ identities.
Michael Rowland Wife and Kids
Michael is a married man. He hitched his beautiful spouse Nicola Webber in a private wedding. The real date and venue where and when his wedding ceremony is still a mystery. The duo has been blessed with three daughters.
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Before going to the United States, he worked as Lateline’s finance correspondent and adding to his versatile personality, covering business and economics for a range of other ABC TV and radio outlets.
Michael Rowland has presented ABC News Breakfast since the launch of ABC News 24 in July 2010. Before that, Michael spent four years as an ABC correspondent in Washington. He covered the historic US presidential election and was ABC’s Wall Street correspondent during the height of the global financial crisis.
Michael has also worked for Late Line as a business and economics correspondent and before that spent five years covering finance for AM, The World Today, PM, The Midday Report, Inside Business, and the 7 pm TV News. In the mid-1990s Michael spent five years in the ABC’s Parliament House bureau in Canberra filing for Radio News and Late Line.
Going off-air
Rowland made the announcement live on air just before the close of the show at 9 am on Wednesday.
“Hey, listen, I’m off on a break,” he abruptly added just before the final sign-off.
In a sign the departure may be more permanent than he was initially letting on, Rowland took the moment to thank the show’s viewers for their ongoing support.
“I want to use this as an opportunity to thank you, our viewers,” he said.
An ABC spokesperson confirmed that Rowland is taking a “long-planned holiday” and will be back on air at the end of June.
Rowland announced he will be replaced by finance presenter and regular fill-in host Madeleine Morris who will join co-host Millar for the “next little while”.
It comes hours after Rowland shared a public show of support for his fellow ABC colleague Stan Grant who shocked viewers when he announced he would be stepping away as host of QandA after persistent racial abuse while at the helm of the show.
Michael Rowland Salary
He receives an average annual salary of $that ranges from $20, 0000 to $250, 000.
Michael Rowland Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $10 million.
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