Charlie King (sports broadcaster)
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Charlie King {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} is an Indigenous Australian sports commentator and award-winning anti-family violence campaigner working in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. He is of Gurindji descent.
Media
King is a commentator for ABC Radio's Grandstand sport program based in Darwin.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/speakingout/stories/s2324745.htm|title=ABC Sports Broadcaster, Charlie King, Paralympian Tahlia Rotumah and Author Anita Heiss|date=3 August 2008|work=Speaking Out|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=15 March 2010}}{{cite interview |last=King |first=Charlie |subject-link=Charlie King (sports broadcaster) |interviewer=George Negus |title=Charlie King |publisher =ABC Television|url=http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/people/Transcripts/s1148485.htm|date=6 July 2004 |work=George Negus Tonight |accessdate=15 March 2010}} He commentates on various sports including Australian rules football and cricket.
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he was the lawn bowls commentator for ABC radio.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2008/abcteam/|title=The ABC Grandstand Team in Beijing|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=15 March 2010}} King was a commentator at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for ABC, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to commentate at an Olympic Games.{{Cite news|url=http://radionews.com.au/?p=1695|title=Charlie King going for gold!|date=1 August 2008|publisher=Radio News|accessdate=15 March 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015215001/http://radionews.com.au/?p=1695|archivedate=15 October 2009}}
Community work
King has worked in child protection for more than 25 years, volunteering as an independent person supporting children without a parent or guardian in trouble with the law.{{cite web|title=Charlie King|url=https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/charlie-king/414/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209111117/https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/charlie-king/414/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2022|website=Australian of the Year Awards|accessdate=9 February 2022|date=2010}} He established the 'No More' initiative in 2006, which used sport to campaign against family violence in Australia.{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/05/19/2248626.htm|title=ABC presenter Charlie King kicks off the No More campaign|last=Bannister|first=Brooke|date=19 May 2008|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=15 March 2010}}
King was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his service to broadcast media and the Indigenous community in 2015,{{cite news|last1=McDonald|first1=Shae|title=Charlie King awarded an Order of Australia Medal|url=http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/charlie-king-awarded-an-order-of-australia-medal/news-story/415fed4f394227f1ac8eecc6fcbfbce9|accessdate=29 January 2017|agency=NT News|date=26 January 2015}} and was upgraded to Member of the Order of Australia (AM) at the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours for significant service to the Indigenous community of the Northern Territory.{{cite web |title=Mr Charlie KING OAM |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2008881 |website=It's an Honour |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=13 June 2021}} In 2016, King won a Northern Territory human rights award.{{cite news|last1=Roussos|first1=Eleni|title=Broadcaster Charlie King uses human rights award win to call for violence-free Christmas|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-08/stop-violence-and-give-your-family-the-best-gift-of-all/8101666|accessdate=29 January 2017|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|date=8 December 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://abc.gov.au/local/stories/2009/09/14/2685512.htm?site=northcoast|title=Charlie King wins national award for community work|last=Shannon|first=Kate|date=14 September 2009|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=15 March 2010}}
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Category:Australian rules football commentators
Category:Australian radio personalities
Category:People from Darwin, Northern Territory
Category:Anti-domestic violence activists
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Category:Members of the Order of Australia
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