Longtime Network 10 Melbourne newsreader Candice Wyatt has announced she will leave the network after 15 years, marking the end of a distinguished broadcast career that has seen her report from major events both in Australia and abroad.
Wyatt, 41, confirmed she will finish up early next month, calling the decision “a new chapter” after more than a decade on air.
“I leave Network 10 very proud of the journalism I have produced across 15 years, and the stories I have been privileged to tell,” Wyatt told the Herald Sun.
“I have interviewed people in their darkest hours and others in the happiest moments of their lives. I have made lifelong friends and memories, and at times, the 10 newsroom in Melbourne has been filled with colleagues who have felt like family – it has been my second home.”
Wyatt said she was looking forward to “new challenges” and “seeing what the future brings.”
Two decades across print, radio and TV
A Deakin University graduate, Wyatt began her career with the Werribee Times before moving into broadcast journalism with Southern Cross Television in Tasmania, where she gained national recognition for her coverage of the 2006 Beaconsfield Mine Disaster.
She joined ABC Ballarat in 2008, later becoming senior reporter for Western Victoria, before moving to Network 10 in 2010.
At 10, Wyatt became known for her crime reporting and live coverage of major stories including the Jill Meagher murder case, Victorian bushfires, and bikie raids across Melbourne.
She also reported internationally – covering Schapelle Corby’s release from Bali’s Kerobokan Prison, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and the Rio Olympics.
In 2014, Wyatt was promoted to the TEN Eyewitness News Melbourne anchor desk, co-presenting alongside Stephen Quartermain before returning to senior reporting duties in 2017 following a national newsroom restructure.
Wyatt’s exit comes amid a broader period of change for Australian television newsrooms.
Last week, Nine News weather presenter Livinia Nixon announced she would step down after 21 years with the network, signalling a shift in the familiar on-air line-ups that have defined Melbourne’s evening news for decades.