Gavin Gleeson

Born in Sydney in 1973, Gavin Gleeson attended his first Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground at the age of nine.

A cadet radio journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Alice Springs, he went on to become the host of a Territory-wide night program on ABC Darwin in the mid-1990s.

After working as a spokesman for the Northern Territory Police, he returned to his home state to serve as an NSW Police Officer and child protection case worker. He currently works in the area of redress for survivors of child sexual abuse.

Gavin has three adult children with his wife Katrina; the couple live on the NSW South Coast. ‘Bodyline Casualty – The Bert Oldfield Story’ is his first book.