Career
McDonald is currently the presenter of Brisbane"s Seven News with Sharyn Ghidella. Previously McDonald had been a sports presenter but was promoted to news presenter when Geoff Mullins left Ten News. He was also a sports presenter on Seven News.
In the summer of January 2010, McDonald presented Ten Early News, Ten Morning News and Ten Weekend News from Sydney.
In 2011, McDonald continues to present Ten News at Five. He will also continue to be the Queensland American Federation of Labor-Congress ground commentator for Ten"s national American Federation of Labor-Congress coverage, mainly for matches involving the Brisbane Lions.
McDonald is active in other media and events in Brisbane. He broadcasts daily American Federation of Labor-Congress reports on the Macquarie Southern Cross national radio network daily, as well as his Friday footy tips on Sunshine Coast"s Mix FM. He"s a regular Military Cross at functions and in 2010 was appointed as the Queensland Rugby Club"s corporate lunch host until 2012.
McDonald has also commentated American Federation of Labor-Congress for Triple M Radio Network and National Institute of Radiological Science. Previously he was also American Federation of Labor-Congress correspondent for the Melbourne Age Newspaper"s and wrote a weekly American Federation of Labor-Congress column for the Gold Coast bulletin.
Foreign a while McDonald wrote columns for Brisbane News and Style magazines and co-hosted a live Saturday morning sports show on 94.9 FM. McDonald is a professional voice-over artist, performing character voices for radio commercials. In 2010, McDonald launched his website as a showreel for his career. In November 2012, McDonald was sacked by Network Ten.
In January 2013, it was announced that McDonald had joined Seven Network and would be presenting Seven News from Sunday to Thursday with Sharyn Ghidella.
