Nine reporter Tim Arvier quits Channel 9 for a top Crisafulli government job
After all, we've been warning for months now that Nine's best Brisbane newsbreaker, Tim Arvier, was likely on the move and, indeed, he is.
Diary can reveal the network's award-winning state political reporter has been headhunted by Queensland Premier David Crisafulli's government to head up its crisis communications network – where he will be tasked with, among other things, containing political scandals rather than exposing them.
We hear the veteran news hound struggled with making the decision to leave the network where he first began his career as a cadet reporter in 2004, but ultimately decided he was ready for a new challenge and the fancy deputy director-general title that apparently comes along with it.
Of course, the pay doesn't sound too bad either.
When we first revealed the network's gun state political reporter might be eyeing off the exit at its Mt Coot-Tha studios back in May, and that if the news bosses at rival Seven rummage around down the back of the coach for about $300,000 a year, they might be able to convince him to change channels.
Although we hear Seven did make some furtive inquiries about procuring Arvier's services, unfortunately they couldn't find quite enough spare change under the sofa cushions.
Their loss was Crisafulli's gain, though, with the execs in at George Street happy to pass a hat around and come up with the desired result.
Arvier is expected to spend the next couple of weeks working with young up-and-coming reporters at Nine before wrapping up at the network at the end of the month.
Although he leaves on amicable terms, his departure will leave a massive void in the newsroom.
Not only a popular member of staff, Arvier was Nine's most consistent newsbreaker and often cited as one of the key reasons people opted to tune in to Nine over Seven at 6pm.
He was also its most experienced journo, having spent lengthy stints reporting for A Current Affair and as the network's European and then North American correspondent during his 20-year career at Nine.
Indeed, Arvier was working in Minneapolis in the US when he was named Journalist of the Year at Queensland's Clarion media awards, while also picking up gongs for best broadcast interview and best TV news report for his coverage as civil unrest spread across the city in the wake of George Floyd's death.
Nine's Queensland news boss, Brendan Hockings, told Diary he was disappointed to lose a journo and a mate of Arvier's calibre, but was confident he had enough rising stars in his newsroom to keep him on his toes in his new job.
'Tim and I started in the industry together around 20 years ago, and I've seen first hand how much he's poured into his journalism career,' he said when we tracked him down on Wednesday.
'We've spoken about this at length, so I know how Tim has agonised over leaving a profession and place he loves but, in the end, he feels the time is right to take on this new role. He leaves with our thanks and best wishes.
'Nine is Queensland's No.1 television news thanks to the strength of our team across the board.
'We have a very healthy stable of newsbreakers and I'm excited to watch them take up the challenge of holding the government to account.'
And to be fair (and we always try to be), Hocko's not wrong – with the Brisbane newsroom thriving under him since he was made news director in January, the station's prime-time 6pm news bulletin ratings are up 21 per cent year on year for the first six months of 2025.
Arvier confirmed the move not long after we first broke the news, saying after two decades at Nine, it was time for 'a bit of a change'.
'I'll be moving away from the day to day shenanigans of Queensland politics and heading to government department land for some new responsibilities, including heading up the Queensland Crisis Communications Network to oversee events like floods, cyclones and major police/emergency incidents,' he said on social media.
'I will miss working at Nine. It's a great place full of great people and I've made many lifelong friends amongst the camera teams, producers and editors. The newsroom is in great hands and I know it will continue to thrive.' Free-to-air rich list: the top 35 salaries in TV Read related topics: Nine Entertainment
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