Indira Naidoo

Indira Naidoo (born 1968 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) is an Australian author, journalist and television presenter.

Naidoo was educated in England, Zimbabwe and Australia, where she attended Launceston Church Grammar School in Tasmania before matriculating as School Dux from Naracoorte High School in South Australia.

Naidoo completed a journalism degree at the South Australian College of Advanced Education (now the University of South Australia) and joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Adelaide in 1990 as a news cadet. After several years as a political and industrial reporter, she went on to anchor ABC Weekend news and The 7.30 Report. Naidoo then moved to the ABC's National Late Edition News in Sydney where she developed a cult following as the ABC's youngest national news host. She has also written extensively for several food and travel magazines including Australian Gourmet Traveller, The Sydney Morning Herald's 'Good Living' and The Sunday Herald's 'Sunday Life' Magazine.

In 1997, Naidoo was headhunted to present SBS News' inaugural Late News, which she hosted for three years, during which she covered the independence struggle in East Timor, the coups in Fiji and the Balkans war in Kosovo.

In 2006, Naidoo became the media manager and spokeswoman for CHOICE, an Australian independent consumer watchdog. She established the Shonky Awards for the worst consumer products—a highly anticipated annual media event. She has appeared on shows such as A Current Affair and The 7.30 Report in this capacity.

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