Tamara Oudyn is an Australian television presenter and reporter. She currently presents ABC News Victoria on weekends, and the Victorian edition of Stateline on Friday nights.

Oudyn began her media career in 2003 working as a news reporter in Brisbane. Prior to this, she was a researcher and producer for factual programs in Australia and the United Kingdom. In late 2003, she moved to Melbourne and joined the ABC’s Asia Pacific News service (now Australia Network), where she worked as a reporter and presenter of the breakfast news program for 18 months.^[1]

In 2005, Oudyn moved to the ABC News Victoria newsroom to report for the 7pm news bulletin. Since then she has filmed in Banda Aceh six months after the Boxing Day tsunami, presented The Midday Report over two summers, spent 18 months on the court round in Melbourne, and filed network news reports.^[1]

In late 2007, Oudyn replaced Kathy Bowlen as the weekend presenter of ABC News Victoria. Through 2008 she continued to work as a reporter and fill-in presenter for both ABC News and Stateline.

In 2009 Tamara Oudyn was appointed as host of Stateline Victoria however Josephine Cafagna has now replaced her while Oudyn is maternity leave.

Oudyn is currently a fill in presenter on ABC News Breakfast for main presenter Virginia Trioli

As of September 2009, Oudyn is currently on Maternity leave expecting her first baby.

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• ABC News Victoria