birthdate birthplace yearsactive article_title name occupation
yes 1975 01 01 melbourne victoria , australia . 1996 & ndash ; present james talia
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james talia

james talia -lrb- born 1975 -rrb- is an australian television reporter .
talia completed a journalism degree at the rmit in 1995 before joining win tv in ballarat in 1996 as a reporter and news presenter .
he joined `` nine news '' in 1998 and since then has reported extensively on australian federal politics as well as numerous world events including the capture of saddam hussein , the 2004 tsunami devastation in aceh and the london bombings .
in 2006 , talia joined boxcutters podcast as their european correspondent , reporting on the way the european television media covers certain issues and occasionally focusing on the state of uk television .
in 2008 , nine closed the network 's london bureau , resulting in talia returning as a general reporter for `` nine news melbourne '' .
in 2009 , talia filled-in as presenter of `` nine afternoon news '' and has filled in for jo hall on `` nine news melbourne '' .
in september 2011 , talia resigned from the nine network after 12 years .
in 2013 , james talia is a government spokesperson as quoted in this article .
