Gavin Morris has become the latest newsreader to be axed from Channel Nine amid the network’s latest redundancy bloodbath.
The popular Newcastle presenter won’t have his contract renewed, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
Morris joined NBN News, which is owned by Nine, in 2009 as as weather presenter.
In 2022, he became news co-anchor alongside Natasha Beyersdorf.
Morris has also appeared on the Today show and has hosted the summer edition of Weekend Today.
It comes after Nine News Adelaide anchor Kate Collins was axed from the network after 19 years.
Gavin Morris (pictured) has become the latest newsreader to be axed from Channel Nine amid the network’s latest redundancy bloodbath
The newsreader was also reportedly told her contract would not be renewed and was mysteriously absent from Monday night’s bulletin.
The decision came as a ‘huge shock’ to Collins, who is said to have been ‘absolutely blindsided’.
‘She’s heartbroken … she loved the job so much and she never took the privilege for granted,’ an insider told The Advertiser.
The shock move came less than three days after she hosted the network’s Christmas Pageant coverage.
Collins joined Nine in 2006 as a reporter and landed a role as fill-in news presenter on the weekends the following year.
It’s been reported Nine is looking to slash up to 50 jobs from the television unit.
Staff reportedly received an email from the boss of streaming and broadcast, Amanda Laing, informing them that a consultation period with staff would begin.
Amber Sherlock’s future at Channel Nine is also hanging by a thread, with the TV presenter making a mysterious absence from Monday evening’s broadcast.
It comes after Nine News Adelaide anchor Kate Collins (pictured) was axed from the network after 19 years
Amber Sherlock’s (pictured) future at Channel Nine is also hanging by a thread, with the TV presenter making a mysterious absence from Monday evening’s broadcastÂ
The long-time 9News anchor and weathergirl, 49, was replaced in her usual slot by reporter Sophie Walsh with no explanation given for Sherlock’s no-show.
Newsroom insiders insist she is ‘gone’.
Sherlock, who has been with Nine since 2007, is thought to have been one of dozens of staffers axed as the network enacts its latest, brutal round of redundancies.
A network insider told Daily Mail on Monday that Sherlock’s hefty pay packet could factor into a decision to dump the journalist from her plum weather role at Nine.
Nine did not deny that Sherlock was out of a job when approached by the Daily Mail on Monday.
A spokesperson said that the network will not discuss the employment status of any individuals at this stage, as the media giant cuts 50 roles.
Nine did, however, confirm a restructure was underway in order to drive ‘commercial growth’.Â
