Talitha Cummins

Career

After leaving high school, she went to university on the Gold Coast and she graduated with a Bachelor of Communication majoring in journalism and business.

Cummins has worked in many of Seven’s Queensland’s bureaus, she started out at Maroochydore before moving onto Cairns. She joined the Seven Brisbane team in 2004 as a reporter.

In 2005, she was promoted to weeknight weather presenter for Seven News in Brisbane. However, after the bulletin continued to lag behind Nine News Queensland and Ten News Brisbane in the ratings, Cummins was relegated to weekend duties, replaced on weeknights by former Nine weatherman John Schluter from February 2007. She occasionally filled-in for the local Brisbane bulletin when either Kay McGrath or Sharyn Ghidella were on holiday or ill.

In June 2007, Cummins joined Weekend Sunrise as a news presenter on Sunday mornings. She held the position until July 2008 where she was replaced by Sharyn Ghidella.

In 2011, Cummins moved to Sydney where she is a reporter for Seven News Sydney and a fill in presenter on Seven Morning News and Seven Afternoon News.

In January 2014, Cummins was appointed news presenter on Weekend Sunrise replacing Jessica Rowe. Cummins remained in the role until she went on maternity leave in September 2016.

In January 2017, it was revealed that the Seven Network had dismissed Cummins whilst she was on maternity leave.

Cummins is also a casual Triple M Sydney newsreader.

Personal life

Cummins was born on the Gold Coast on 27 April 1980. At the age of seven, she moved to Shepparton, Victoria and lived there for five years. She returned to the Gold Coast in 1992 at the age of 15 and went to Aquinas Catholic College.

Cummins was engaged to former Olympic beach volleyball player Lee Zahner however they separated in 2010.

In May 2013, Cummins announced that she is engaged to personal trainer Ben Lucas and in October 2013, they married in New York.

It was revealed on the ABC's Australian Story (10 October 2016) that she has battled alcoholism.

In January 2016, Cummins announced she is pregnant with her first child. She gave birth to son later that year. In June 2018, Cummins announced that she was pregnant with her second child.