Richard Carleton
| Richard Carleton | |
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| Born |
11 July 1943 Bowral, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 7 May 2006 (aged 62) Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia |
| Education |
Sydney Grammar School University of New South Wales. |
| Occupation | Television 60 Minutes journalist |
| Notable credit(s) |
This Day Tonight Tonight The Carleton-Walsh Report 60 Minutes |
| Spouse(s) | Sharon Carleton |
| Children | Oliver Carleton, James Carleton, Jennifer Carleton |
Richard George Carleton (11 July 1943 – 7 May 2006) was a multi-Logie Award winning Australian television journalist.
Carleton was born in Bowral, New South Wales. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and graduated from the University of New South Wales.
In the 1960s he was a reporter on This Day Tonight as well as being the presenter of State of the Nation, both on the ABC. He continued these roles until he left for a role on 2GB Radio in 1976, followed by what began as a lifelong love of travelling and researching overseas, producing films in Indonesia (including being the only journalist to be allowed to visit the newly "integrated" East Timor) and the Middle East.
Carleton joined the BBC in London in 1977 for the Tonight program, before returning to Australia in 1979. During 1986, Carleton was a co-presenter of The Carleton-Walsh Report on the ABC, with financial journalist Max Walsh.
Carleton ran for election in 1983 as the staff representative on the ABC Board. He was defeated by Tom Molomby, who wrote:
In 1987 Carleton began his most famous television journalism role, as a reporter on 60 Minutes. In a career with the program that spanned almost 20 years, he visited many locations around the world investigating political climates. In 2006 he and producer Stephen Rice visited Chernobyl and were given unprecedented access to the sarcophagus built over the ruined nuclear reactor, including a brief visit to the abandoned control room. Carleton was parodied on the Australian sketch-comedy shows Fast forward and Comedy Inc. for his perceived over-prominence on 60 Minutes.
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