Australian sports broadcaster
Charlie King 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.
King is a commentator for ABC Radio's Grandstand sport program based in Darwin.[1][2] 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.[3] King was a commentator at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for ABC, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to commentate at an Olympic Games.[1][3][4]
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.[5] He established the 'No More' initiative in 2006, which used sport to campaign against family violence in Australia.[6]
King was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his service to broadcast media and the Indigenous community in 2015,[7] 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.[8] In 2016, King won a Northern Territory human rights award.[9][10]
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