Charlie King (sports broadcaster)

Charlie King AM is an Indigenous Australian sports commentator and award-winning anti-family violence campaigner working in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. He is of Gurindji descent.

Media

King is a commentator for ABC Radio's Grandstand sport program based in Darwin.[1][2] He commentates on various sports including Australian rules football and cricket.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he was the lawn bowls commentator for ABC radio.[3] King was a commentator at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for ABC, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to commentate at an Olympic Games.[1][3][4]

Community work

King has worked in child protection for more than 25 years, volunteering as an independent person supporting children without a parent or guardian in trouble with the law.[5] He established the 'No More' initiative in 2006, which used sport to campaign against family violence in Australia.[6]

King was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his service to broadcast media and the Indigenous community in 2015,[7] and was upgraded to Member of the Order of Australia (AM) at the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours for significant service to the Indigenous community of the Northern Territory.[8] In 2016, King won a Northern Territory human rights award.[9][10]

References
  1. "ABC Sports Broadcaster, Charlie King, Paralympian Tahlia Rotumah and Author Anita Heiss". Speaking Out. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  2. King, Charlie (6 July 2004). "Charlie King". George Negus Tonight (Interview). Interviewed by George Negus. ABC Television. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  3. "The ABC Grandstand Team in Beijing". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  4. "Charlie King going for gold!". Radio News. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  5. "Charlie King". Australian of the Year Awards. 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  6. Bannister, Brooke (19 May 2008). "ABC presenter Charlie King kicks off the No More campaign". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  7. McDonald, Shae (26 January 2015). "Charlie King awarded an Order of Australia Medal". NT News. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  8. "Mr Charlie KING OAM". It's an Honour. Australian Government. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  9. Roussos, Eleni (8 December 2016). "Broadcaster Charlie King uses human rights award win to call for violence-free Christmas". Australia: ABC News. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  10. Shannon, Kate (14 September 2009). "Charlie King wins national award for community work". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 March 2010.


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