Hugh Riminton

Hugh Riminton is an Australian foreign correspondent, journalist and television news presenter. He is currently national affairs editor and occasional presenter of 10 News First. He previously co-anchored Ten Eyewitness News with Sandra Sully until February 2017.

Early life and education Born in Sri Lanka, where his father managed tea estates, Riminton briefly migrated to the United Kingdom, then to New Zealand when he was five. He began work as a cadet reporter aged 17 in Christchurch, before moving to Australia in 1983 to work for the Macquarie Radio Network in Perth and Melbourne.

Riminton left CNN in 2009 to take up a position as senior political correspondent for Australia's Ten News. He hosted a Sunday morning show, Meet the Press, where he interviewed political leaders. He was also an occasional guest presenter on Network Ten's prime time alternative news program The Project.

In November 2010, Riminton was appointed as Ten News political editor and bureau chief in Canberra with Paul Bongiorno becoming national affairs editor. In 2011, he gained a second Walkley Award for his work, with reporter Matt Moran, in breaking the "Skype Scandal" in the Australian Defence Force, prompting more than half a dozen police and government inquiries. That year the pair received awards from the United Nations Association and the Australian Human Rights Commission for their work. They were shortlisted for the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award. In 2013, Riminton hosted current affairs program Revealed on Network Ten]

In February 2014, Network Ten appointed Riminton as a presenter of Ten Eyewitness News in Sydney with Sandra Sully. He co-anchored the bulletin until February 2017 when Sully took over as solo presenter.

In August 2020, Riminton commenced as occasional presenter of the Brisbane 10 News First bulletin, after the network consolidated production of bulletins for all cities to Melbourne (for Melbourne and Adelaide) and Sydney (for Sydney, Brisbane and Perth).

In June 2025, Network 10 announced that Riminton would anchor the new Friday edition of 10 News+ alongside Ursula Heger.

Other roles and activities He is actively involved in Australian Defence veterans' welfare issues and was a foundation board member of the charity Soldier On. He also was foundation chair of the John Mac Foundation, founded by 2017 NSW Australian of the Year, Deng Adut. Its primary work is funding university scholarships for Australian students from refugee backgrounds. Riminton is a member of the advisory board of Media Diversity Australia and is on the board of the Crescent Institute, a Sydney-based think tank.

In 2017, Hachette Australia published Riminton's autobiography, Minefields: A life in the news game.

Personal life Riminton was married to Sue Perry from the 1980s to the 1990s.

Natasha Stott Despoja, a leader of the Australian Democrats (served 2001-02) was in a relationship with Riminton until 2001.

Riminton and Stott Despoja had an unusual reunion in 2013 when they were both on the same panel for The Project coverage of that year's federal election.

Riminton was a single father when he met journalist Mary Lloyd in early 2007 while working at CNN. In 2009, the family moved to Canberra, Australia, where their son was born. The couple were married in Cambodia in 2010. Their daughter was born in 2011. They separated in 2023.