"I'm saving up all my cardboard because I know there'll be plenty of room in the recycling bin come July"
Bio
Amanda’s television career began as a producer's assistant on Simon Townsend's Wonder World. Within a week she was the program's head researcher and she hasn't looked back.
In 1985 Amanda became a regular on-air reporter on Ray Martin's Midday Show but it was Beyond 2000 that made her a household name. During her six years on the program she reported from all over the world and has received a number of journalism awards, including a United Nations Media Peace Award (1989) and the Michael Daley Award for Science Journalism (1989).
In 1994 Amanda’s career took on a whole new dimension when her mischievous sense of humour and quick wit were revealed on Channel Seven’s The Denton Show. This partnership with Andrew Denton continued on radio…they shared a 5 year stint as one of the country’s leading breakfast radio duos on Triple M.
Amanda went on to host ABC TV’s Mondo Thingo, but was lured back to radio, where she continues to enjoy success with co-host Brendan Jones on the Jonesy and Amanda Breakfast show on 101.7 WSFM, as well as weekly national radio show “My Generation”
Amanda has played a starring role in SBS’s comedy Swift and Shift Couriers, is a regular on Spicks and Specks, Good News Week, and is captain of the Baby Boomers on Channel 10’s “Talking ‘bout Your Generation”, where she always keeps a hanky tucked up the sleeve of her spencer.