By Roz Lewis Trisha after she joined ABC in Australia When I was in my late twenties and living in Sydney, Australia, I had a job offer that ended up changing my life in more ways than one. I'd moved to Australia in 1985 after meeting and marrying the politician Robert Nestdale. I began working in PR but then, when my marriage disintegrated, I started work as a reporter with ethnic TV channel SBS. I'd wanted to be a journalist for years while I was an air hostess in the Middle East, so I'd already taken short courses and done some voluntary work at radio stations.
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Trisha found fame when she became Australia's first black TV presenter
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She says the experience prepared her for future challenges
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Her new show starts on 5USA next month
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