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'{{BLP unsourced|date=February 2008}} {{Cleanup|date=December 2008}} '''Leila McKinnon''' - IS A FUCKING BABE!!! (born 28 September 1972) is the presenter of [[Today (Australian TV program)|''Weekend Today'']] alongside [[Cameron Williams]]. She is also a reporter for ''[[Nine News]]'' and ''[[A Current Affair]]''. She was born in [[Iran]] to an English mother and a New Zealand father, while her father was working as Service Manager to the late [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah of Iran]]'s fleet of vehicles. She was refused entry into an American [[nuclear power plant]] for security reasons.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} She began her career reporting part-time for ''[[The Sunday Telegraph (Australia)|The Sunday Telegraph]]'' in [[Brisbane]], while finishing a journalism degree at [[Queensland University of Technology]]. In 1993 she accepted a cadetship at [[WIN Television]] in [[Rockhampton, Queensland|Rockhampton]], before moving to WIN's Cairns bureau. In 1995, McKinnon began work with the Nine Network, reporting and presenting for Nine's ''Gold Coast News''. After three years she became a reporter for ''[[A Current Affair]]'' in Brisbane. A brief stint on a short-lived consumer affairs program followed, before McKinnon moved to Sydney and returned to the news department, in late 2001. In February 2005, McKinnon was appointed newsreader for ''[[Today (Australian TV program)|Today]]'' and in August returned to ''[[Nine News]]'' presenting the morning bulletin. In March 2006, McKinnon relocated to [[Los Angeles]] with her husband, Australian businessman [[David Gyngell]]. Gyngell was formerly the chief executive of the Nine Network. It has been widely reported that he was also the godson of the late media tycoon [[Kerry Packer]], though this is now proved incorrect.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} In the U.S., McKinnon traveled all over the country recording stories for ''[[What's Good For You]]''. In 2007, McKinnon returned to Australia, as her husband David Gyngell was re-appointed as the CEO of the Nine Network. Since then she has presented the summer edition of ''A Current Affair''. In 2008, she also regularly filled-in on the ''[[Nine News]]'' ''[[Nine News#Morning News Hour|Morning]]'' and ''[[Nine News#Afternoon News|Afternoon Editions]]''. In January 2009, it was announced that McKinnon will co-host [[Today (Australian TV program)|''Weekend Today'']] alongside [[Cameron Williams]], with [[Amber Higlett]] and [[Michael Slater]] presenting the news and sport. The new program began in early February, and was introduced to counteract Seven's ''[[Weekend Sunrise]]''. The program later extended to Saturday mornings as well. == References == {{start box}} {{s-media}} {{succession box | title=[[Today (Australian TV program)|''Weekend Today'']] Co-host with [[Cameron Williams]]| before=program started | after=incumbent| years=February 2009 - }} {{succession box | title=''[[Nine News#Afternoon News|National Nine News: Afternoon Edition]]'' presenter | before=[[Kellie Connolly]] | after= [[Wendy Kingston]] | years= 2008}} {{succession box | title=[[Today (Australian TV program)|''Today'' Show]] Newsreader | before=[[Sharyn Ghidella]] | after= [[Sharyn Ghidella]]| years= January 2005 - June 2005}} {{end box}} ==External links== * [http://health.ninemsn.com.au/wgfu/section.aspx What's Good For You?] * [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/12/11/1102625584713.html ''Sydney Morning Herald'' report on wedding to David Gyngell, December 2004] {{TodayPresenters}} {{NineNewsAnchors}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackinnon, Leila}} [[Category:Australian journalists]] [[Category:Australians of Iranian descent]] [[Category:Australians of English descent]] [[Category:Australians of New Zealand descent]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1972 births]] {{Australia-journalist-stub}} {{Australia-tv-bio-stub}}'