Charles Wooley

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Charles Wooley is an Australian journalist, reporter and writer, most famous for his role on Channel Nine's 60 Minutes. He was born in 1948 on the Isle of Arran off the West Coast of Scotland.

In 1950 Charles's father, also Charles, moved his family to Tasmania where he worked for the Hydro-Electric Commission. He settled outside of Launceston.

At the age of 16 Wooley moved to Hobart where he gained an honours degree in history from the University of Tasmania. While he was studying he developed his journalistic skills by editing the University's student newspaper, Togatus. He returned to Launceston in 1970 to work as a cadet with The Examiner.

Two years later he joined ABC Radio and moved to Perth. He soon moved to television working on This Day Tonight, Nationwide, and Four Corners. He then served as the ABC's European correspondent based in London.

In 1986 he joined Channel Nine where he worked on Sunday and then A Current Affair. Wooley joined 60 Minutes in 1993.

He published a book of stories of his time travelling the world as a reporter called Travelling Tales. Wooley returned to Hobart in 2001 with his second wife Alona to raise their children, Poe, 16, Dave 14, and Jimbob, 6.

In January 2006 he became the host of Macquarie Regional RadioWorks's new regional morning program, Charles Wooley Across Australia. The show airs 9am to 12pm weekdays on over 40 radio stations across the heartland of Australia.

Across Australia boasts regular guests such as the former Prime Minister John Howard, current Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and a host of specialists in varied fields.

As well as presenting his radio show, Charles Wooley continues to work on a casual basis for 60 Minutes and also narrates some television programs for Channel 9. He is also the author of several books, including an up and coming guide to walks in and around Hobart, Tasmania.

Charlie can often be heard reciting lines of poetry from great English authors, shouting in a Scottish brogue or standing up for regional Australia.