Karina Carvalho

Karina Carvalho (born 28 December 1980) is an Australian journalist.

Carvalho is currently the weekend presenter of Seven News Melbourne alongside Mike Amor from Friday to Sunday, and also presents Seven Afternoon News Melbourne on Monday and Tuesday.

Early life Carvalho was born in Sri Lanka and moved to Perth at the age of four.

She grew up participating in cross-country running and touch rugby.

Career Carvalho graduated with a journalism major from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. During this period, she was among the last journalists to interview author Bryce Courtenay before his death and anchored coverage of major flooding from Brisbane.

In April 2013, Carvalho was appointed presenter of ABC News Queensland, replacing David Curnow.

In January 2018, she became presenter of ABC Evening News on the ABC News channel and moved to Sydney. Matt Wordsworth succeeded her on ABC News Queensland.

Carvalho resigned from the ABC in December 2023, citing concerns about the organisation’s editorial direction.

Seven Network In July 2024, she joined Seven News Melbourne as a presenter and reporter.

Personal life

Carvalho became engaged to IT executive Terry Sweeney in September 2014, and they married on 5 January 2015. They announced their separation in 2019.