Peter Andren

Peter Andren was born in 1946 at Gulargambone in central-northern New South Wales. After becoming a television news reporter in Sydney and completing an arts degree at Macquarie University, he became a senior news producer at Sydney's Nine Network. In 1977 he left Sydney for Orange in rural New South Wales, and in 1978 became news editor of the local television station CBN Channel Eight and radio station 2GZ. At 2GZ he wrote a weekly, 90-second commentary that was broadcast on Friday evenings and again on Saturday mornings. It was called The Andren Report. In 1995 Peter Andren decided to run for parliament as an independent in his local seat of Calare. The result is history.

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