Hamish Macdonald (broadcaster)
Hamish Macdonald is an Australian broadcast journalist and news presenter. As of 2023 he is a presenter on the TV panel show The Project on Network 10, and on ABC Radio National's RN Breakfast.
For others with the same or similar names, see Hamish MacDonald (disambiguation).
Hamish Macdonald
Broadcast journalist, international affairs correspondent
2003−present
The Project, RN Breakfast
Jacob Fitzroy
From February 2020 until July 2021, Macdonald hosted the ABC's Q+A political panel discussion show. He previously worked at other networks, including Channel 4, ITV and Al Jazeera English.
Personal life[edit]
Macdonald attended Sydney school the Scots College.[16] After finishing school MacDonald attended Charles Sturt University where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in communication.
Macdonald shares a media pedigree with his siblings. His older brother Rory is a producer and reporter with ABC Radio Sydney, while his older sister Kari Keenan is a producer for 2UE.[2]
In 2019, Macdonald came out as gay and is in a relationship with partner Jacob Fitzroy.[17] He got married in May 2023.[18][19]