Jane Singleton

Jane Singleton (born 13 January 1947) is an Australian broadcasting and print journalist, company director and public relations professional.

Journalistic career Singleton began her journalistic career as a cadet at The Age newspaper in Melbourne. At 22 she went to China during the Cultural Revolution. Later she went to Hong Kong where she sub-edited the South China Morning Post. In Brazil she was correspondent for the Financial Times and The Economist and reporter for the ABC News. Singleton also wrote for the English language daily The Brazil Herald but ran foul of the Brazilian government. Her visa was cancelled and she escaped to Chile in the boot of a car three days before the assassination of President Allende.

In Australia she worked on regional ABC radio in Albury and Longreach before moving to Brisbane where she became Queensland compere for the ABC program Nationwide. In Sydney she compered City Extra and The 7.30 Report. Career highlights include coordinating Nelson Mandela's visit to Australia in 1990 and working on the Maritime Union's communications during the Patrick waterfront dispute. Singleton is the director of her own public affairs consultancy, Jane Singleton Public Affairs Pty Ltd.

In 2020 she published What Katie Did, a biography of K. Langloh Parker, author of Australian Legendary Tales.

Awards In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia) Singleton was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to the media and to the community through a range of industry, arts, charitable and consumer organisations".

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