Ross Symonds (born 8 January 1943) is an Australian retired news presenter and reporter, radio and television personality and spokesman, best known for his association with the ABC and later the Seven Network in Sydney from the 1980s until the early 2000s.
Career
Symonds began his career with the ABC firstly with ABC Radio in Brisbane in his early 20s, and then went to Sydney with ABC radio and television. After 12 years in the position, Symonds joined Channel Seven in Sydney in January 1981 as the station's weekend news presenter before later joining Roger Climpson to read the weeknight bulletin. He was paired with Ann Sanders on both Seven Nightly News and Seven's news program 11AM, on which he was the featured news reader for much of the program's life.
Symonds presented his last Seven News Sydney bulletin on 5 December 2003, alongside Ann Sanders, ending a partnership that had lasted since 1998. Symonds then worked as a casual news reader at Radio 2 in Sydney in 2005. The station closed its operations at Homebush in 2006.
Symonds also was breakfast news presenter on Sydney radio station 2UW for 6 years 1988–1994.
Awards
Symonds has won the Better Hearing Australia News Presenters' Clear Speech Award ten times, as well as Best Metropolitan Commercial Radio News Presenter.
Currently
In 2007 Symonds joined a real estate firm on Sydney's Upper North Shore. In 2008 Symonds joined Beauty Point Retirement Resort as Sales and Promotional Consultant. Symonds acts as MC for the National Ceremonies for Anzac Day and Remembrance Day at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.