Joe O'Brien (journalist)
Joe O'Brien (born 1968 or 1969) is an Australian journalist and news presenter. O'Brien is best known for his lengthy tenure hosting ABC News Mornings on the ABC News channel, which he has hosted since the channel's inception in 2010 until 2023. He joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, initially based at the local ABC station in Rockhampton, Queensland before moving to Brisbane where he worked as a reporter and presenter. O'Brien then moved to Sydney, where he regularly anchored The Midday Report on ABC TV. Upon the launch of the ABC's new weekday breakfast program News Breakfast on ABC2 in late 2008, O'Brien was appointed as the co-host of its Friday edition.