{{Short description|Australian journalist and television presenter}} {{Infobox person | name = Dan Bourchier | occupation = journalist, television presenter, radio host | years_active = 2007–present | known_for = reporting for Sky News Australia, presenting news bulletins for ABC TV, hosting ABC Radio programs | notable_works = ''Leading the ABCs coverage of the Voice to Parliament as ABC Referendum/Voice Correspondent; Host of The Drum,ABC News Canberra (ABC TV)'', ''Canberra Breakfast (ABC Radio Canberra)'', ''Australian of the Year Awards'' (ABC Local Radio) }} '''Dan Bourchier''' is an Australian journalist and television presenter, best known for his work at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Sky News Australia.<ref name=hercanberra>{{cite news |last=Macdonald|first=Emma|date=6 November 2020|title=The Canberrans: Dan Bourchier |url=https://hercanberra.com.au/life/conversation/the-canberrans-dan-bourchier|work=Her Canberra|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
He is currently a senior newsreader on the ABC News Channel's Mornings program, and chair of the ABCs Bonner Committee. Previously, he led the ABC coverage of the Voice to Parliament as ABC referendum/voice correspondent, and hosting ABCs The Drum. He formerly presented the ACT edition of ''ABC News'' on the ABC TV station in Canberra from Sunday to Thursday each week.<ref name=leave>{{cite news|last=Doherty|first=Megan|date=5 December 2019|title=2020 ABC Radio Canberra lineup will see Dan Bourchier leave the breakfast shift|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6526790/dan-bourchier-leaves-abc-radio-breakfast-in-shake-up|work=The Canberra Times|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
He was a candidate for the staff-elected position on the Board of the ABC, typically pre-selected by the union of which many ABC staff are members. Bourchier did not commit to dropping out of the race if he was not pre-selected as a union backed candidate, and is one of eight candidates for the staff elected director role.<ref name="board">{{cite news |last1=Zamios |first1=Zoe |title=Laura Tingle to run for ABC board as government prepares shake-up |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/laura-tingle-to-run-for-abc-board-as-government-prepares-shakeup-20230127-p5cg27.html |access-date=4 February 2023 |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 January 2023}}</ref>
==Career== Bourchier grew up in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory.<ref name=tennant>{{cite news |last=Kesteven|first=Sophie|date=16 January 2017|title=From Tennant Creek to Canberra: Dan Bourchier reflects on journalism career ahead of new challenge|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-16/dan-bourchier-on-new-abc-role-in-canberra/8184704|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref> He first began reporting for his local newspaper, the ''Tennant and District Times'' at the age of 13.<ref name=tennant/> While he was employed to wash the windows of the newspaper office, he was sent to cover a local netball game which led him to become the newspaper's sports reporter.<ref name=hercanberra/><ref name=tennant/> He then went on to join the ''NT News'' in 2007.<ref name=tennant/>
Bourchier commenced his television career in 2010 at NITV, working in Sydney and Canberra, before he joined Sky News Australia in 2012 where he became the chief of their Northern Territory bureau, based in Darwin.<ref name=tennant/> He then transferred to Canberra in October 2015 to work as a political reporter and national Indigenous affairs correspondent.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=2 November 2015|title=Sky News' Dan Bourchier moves from Darwin to Canberra|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/sky-news-dan-bourchier-moves-from-darwin-to-canberra|work=Mediaweek|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
In 2017, Bourchier moved to ABC.<ref name=present>{{cite news|last=Knox|first=David|date=21 November 2016|title=Dan Bourchier to present ABC News Canberra|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2016/11/dan-bourchier-to-present-abc-news-canberra.html|work=TV Tonight|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref> From 16 February 2017, Bourchier commenced presenting the Monday to Thursday editions of the local ''ABC News'' bulletin on ABC TV in Canberra, succeeding Virginia Haussegger who left the station in October 2016.<ref name=present/><ref>{{cite news |last=Byrne|first=Elizabeth|date=7 October 2016|title=Virginia Haussegger bids farewell to ''ABC News Canberra'' audiences|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-07/virginia-haussegger-bids-farewell-to-abc-news-canberra-audiences/7907780|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
From early 2017, Bourchier also commenced hosting the local breakfast program on ABC Radio Canberra, succeeding Philip Clark who had moved to Sydney to host the national ''Nightlife'' program.<ref name=confident>{{cite news |last=Doherty|first=Megan|date=13 January 2017|title=Dan Bourchier confident he can handle the pressure as he starts two jobs with ABC in Canberra on Monday|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6037594/dan-bourchier-confident-he-can-handle-the-pressure-as-he-starts-two-jobs-with-abc-in-canberra-on-monday|work=The Canberra Times|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Winchester|first1=Bree|last2=Connery|first2=Georgina|date=21 November 2016|title=ABC announces new Canberra television and radio line-up for 2017|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/act/abc-announces-new-canberra-television-and-radio-lineup-for-2017-20161121-gstspw.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref> In December 2019, it was announced Bourchier would leave his role as ABC Radio Canberra's breakfast presenter and would be succeeded by Lish Fejer.<ref name=leave/><ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson|first=Zanda|date=5 December 2019|title=Lish Fejer to Breakfast in ABC Canberra's 2020 lineup|url=https://radiotoday.com.au/abc-canberra-2020-lineup/|work=Radio Today|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
In 2019, Bourchier commenced incorporating an Acknowledgement of Country into ''ABC News Canberra''.<ref name=yuma>{{cite news |last=Johnson|first=Natasha|date=14 November 2019|title=ABC News Canberra introduces Indigenous Acknowledgement of Country in news bulletins|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/redirects/backstory/television/2019-11-14/abc-news-canberra-acknowledgement-of-country/11695850|work=ABC News|location= |access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref> Ngunnawal elders were present in the ABC TV studio for the first bulletin where Bourchier greeted viewers in the Ngunnawal language ("Yuma") before signing off at the end of the bulletin by saying "...and that's the latest from the Canberra newsroom, proudly broadcasting from the land of the Ngunnawal people. As part of our ongoing commitment to Indigenous recognition, the ABC is partnering with the United Ngunnawal Elders Council and pays respect to them — the first people of this land. I'm Dan Bourchier, Yarra, Goodnight."<ref name=yuma/> A screen behind Bourchier also included the words "Ngunnawal Country".<ref name=yuma/>
During the onset of the 2019–2020 Australian bushfires, Bourchier was forced to present ''ABC News Canberra'' from the footpath outside the ABC studios in Dickson when the building's smoke alarms were triggered shortly before 7pm by the thick bushfire smoke which had been blanketing the city.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=18 December 2019|title='The show must go on!' - ABC Canberra team forced to broadcast from outside studio due to bushfire smoke|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/the-show-must-go-on-abc-canberra-team-forced-to-broadcast-from-outside-studio-due-to-bushfire-smoke/news-story/091430524e38f62c4196a00ea404bf4f|work=news.com.au|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
Apart from his role on ABC TV in Canberra, Bourchier has also hosted the New South Wales edition of ''ABC News'', and has anchored some content on the national ABC TV and ABC News channels including'' Weekend Breakfast''.<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Bourchier, Dan (anchor)|date=24 July 2021|title=ABC News (rolling afternoon coverage news channel)|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|people=Bourchier, Dan (anchor)|date=28 December 2021|title=ABC News New South Wales (7pm bulletin)|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|people=Bourcher, Dan (co-anchor), Nicholson, Johanna (co-anchor)|date=26 March 2022|title=Weekend Breakfast|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> He regularly hosted ''The Drum'', and appeared on ''Insiders''.
He has also hosted national broadcasts from the Australian of the Year Awards in Canberra on the ABC Local Radio network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2018/01/11/4789105.htm|title=Australian of the Year Awards on the ABC|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=17 January 2018|website=ABC Local|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=30 May 2022|quote=...Dan Bourchier will host a special national live broadcast on ABC Radio from the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra from 7.00pm on Thursday 25 January.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Perry|first=Kevin|date=25 January 2022|title=Australian of the Year Awards - Live tonight on ABC|url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2022/01/25/australian-of-the-year-awards-live-tonight-on-abc|work=TV Blackbox|location= |access-date=30 May 2022|quote=...Dan Bourchier will broadcast live on ABC Radio from 7.00pm-10.00pm AEDT, bringing you the behind-the-scenes colour of the event.}}</ref>
Bourchier joined the board of Dart Centre Asia Pacific in April 2022.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--not stated--> |date=28 April 2022|title=ABC presenter Dan Bourchier joins board of Dart Centre Asia Pacific|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/abc-presenter-dan-bourchier-joins-board-of-dart-centre-asia-pacific|work=Mediaweek|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref> He left this board in July 2022.
Bourchier is an advocate of social justice, education, and equality, and is an ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, [http://www.aief.com.au/about/our-people/ambassadors/]; is an ambassador for the National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners (NAATSIHWP),[https://www.naatsihwp.org.au/node/21]; and an ambassador for the Pinnacle Foundation, [https://thepinnaclefoundation.org/team-member/dan-bourchier/].
In August 2025, Bourchier resigned from the ABC.
==Personal life== Bourchier is an Indigenous Australian, with Aboriginal ancestry on his mother's side of the family.<ref name=hercanberra/><ref name=confident/> He is an advocate for First Nations Australians and is regularly invited to events to discuss relevant Indigenous issues, such as during National Reconciliation Week.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ga.gov.au/news-events/news/latest-news/be-brave-make-change-abcs-dan-bourchier-to-deliver-public-talk-for-national-reconciliation-week|title=Be Brave. Make Change: ABC's Dan Bourchier to deliver public talk for National Reconciliation Week|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=26 May 2022|website=Geoscience Australia|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=30 May 2022|quote=}}</ref> Bourchier has also been involved in numerous Indigenous organisations including First Nation contemporary dance company Blakdance where he has served as chairperson and deputy chairperson.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blakdance.org.au/board|title=Board Members: Dan Bourchier (chair) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=BlakDance|publisher= |access-date=30 May 2022|quote=}}</ref> He is also an ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aief.com.au/about/our-people/ambassadors|title=AIEF Ambassadors|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Australian Indigenous Education Foundation|publisher= |access-date=30 May 2022|quote=}}</ref>
He is openly gay.<ref name=hercanberra/><ref>{{cite news |last=Sinclair|first=Corey|date=5 June 2015|title=Sky News reporter Dan Bourchier's great comeback when Treasurer Dave Tollner said he doesn't want gay men hitting on him|url=https://www.ntnews.com.au/lifestyle/sky-news-reporter-dan-bourchiers-great-comeback-when-treasurer-dave-tollner-said-he-doesnt-want-gay-men-hitting-on-him/news-story/02a9332d3e4af4a5ce9bd9a9d6de6b5b|work=NT News|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Doherty|first=Megan|date=29 March 2017|title=Prime's weatherman Karl Lijnders and ABC-TV newsreader Dan Bourchier all calm on the home front|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/act/primes-weatherman-karl-lijnders-and-abctv-newsreader-dan-bourchier-all-calm-on-the-home-front-20170322-gv3kdu.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
Bourchier is a proponent of gender and cultural diversity and refuses to be part of any panel discussions where women are not included.<ref name=count>{{cite news|last=Bourchier|first=Dan|date=29 October 2021|title=No women involved? You can count me out|url=https://www.broadagenda.com.au/2021/no-women-involved-you-can-count-me-out|work=BroadAgenda|publisher=50/50 by 2030 Foundation (University of Canberra)|location= |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref> He also declines to facilitate discussions about a particular group of people without members of that group being part of the conversation.<ref name=count/>
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