Melissa Downes is a reporter and presenter with Nine News Queensland and is co-anchor 6pm news on weeknights with Andrew Lofthouse.

Melissa originally worked with rival Seven News where she was a reporter and later presenter of the station's now defunct Gold Coast news bulletin. She also co-hosted a live 5pm magazine show and was a back-up presenter for the main Seven News service in Queensland.

After joining Nine is 2001, Melissa reported on the road and acted as fill-in presenter of the weekend news before assuming that role full-time in 2006. She is also a reporter with the local show 'Saturday Afternoon'.

In November 2008, Downes was appointed as co-presenter of the weeknight bulletin, replacing Heather Foord.

Melissa can also occasionally been seen presenting the Gold Coast news.

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