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Juanita Phillips

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Date of Birth: 1963 , October-11
Birth Nation: Australia

Quick Timeline of Juanita Phillips

1963 Born in Brisbane, Australia
1982 Began her career The Courier-Mail
1993 Made her national debut Ten Eyewitness News weekend
2003 Co-anchored with Tony Eastley ABC News
2010 Wrote a Book A Pressure Cooker Saved My Life
2002 Married with Mario Milostic
2010 Divorced with Mario Milostic
2012 Affair with Greg Combet

Detail Timeline of Juanita Phillips

October 11 , 1963

Born in Brisbane, Australia

Juanita Phillips was born in Brisbane, Australia on 11 October 1963. She grew up with her parents but she has not mentioned about her parent's name on social sites. And there is no update available regarding her siblings.

1982

Began her career The Courier-Mail

 Juanita Phillips began her career in Brisbane in 1982 as a cadet journalist at "The Courier-Mail" where she became a feature writer and columnist. The Courier-Mail is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia. 

1993

Made her national debut Ten Eyewitness News weekend

Juanita Phillips made her national debut as the regular presenter on Ten Eyewitness News weekend edition in 1993. It is an Australian television news and current affairs service, produced by Network Ten. Ten's news division also assists in the production of the current affairs program The Project. 

2003

Co-anchored with Tony Eastley ABC News

In 2003, she co-anchor ABC News NSW with Tony Eastley and later become a solo presenter of the bulletin. ABC News is a national news service in Australia produced by the News and Current Affairs division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 

2010

Wrote a Book A Pressure Cooker Saved My Life

In 2010 Juanita Phillips's book, A Pressure Cooker Saved My Life, she describes the episode as a result of a stress-induced laryngeal spasm. In medicine, laryngospasm is an uncontrolled/involuntary muscular contraction (spasm) of the vocal folds.

2002

Married with Mario Milostic

Phillips and her husband Mario Milostic were met in a cafe and after a six-week courtship, the couple got married in 2002. Her husband  Milostic is an Australian graphic designer. Their first son, Marcus, was born in 2003 and their daughter, Mischa, in 2006. 

 

2010

Divorced with Mario Milostic

Phillips and her husband Mario Milostic divorced in 2010. They are the parents of two children, Marcus and Mischa. She took carer's leave from the ABC to care for their children while her husband was interstate for rehabilitation from bowel cancer.

2012

Affair with Greg Combet

Juanita Phillips began a romantic relationship with  Greg Combet in 2012. He is a former Australian politician and trade unionist. And their relationship attracted some controversy for a first-class overseas trip paid from government funds.

 

Content

Juanita Phillips holds Australian nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. Moving to her personal life, she was previously married with Mario Milostic in 2002. Her husband Mario is an Australian graphic designer. They have parented two children together, Marcus and Mischa. But the marriage relation did not last for very long and the couple got separated with a divorced in 2010.

Then she was linked in an affair with Greg Combet the couple started their love life in 2012. Her boyfriend Greg Combet is a Federal Government Minister for Climate Change. And their relationship attracted some controversy for a first-class overseas trip paid from government funds in 2013. In 2013, her salary is reported to be around U.S $ 316,000 per year but the information about her net worth is unknown to us.

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