Career
Uhlmann was formerly a seminarian, a security guard, and a journalist with The Canberra Times before joining the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a radio producer in 1998. From 1999 to 2004, Uhlmann co-hosted Local Radio Breakfast on 666 American Broadcasting Company Canberra with David Kilby. In 2005, he was Jon Faine"s producer for the Mornings show on 774 American Broadcasting Company Melbourne, and in 2006 was made chief political correspondent for American Broadcasting Company Radio current affairs
In 2008, Uhlmann switched to television, and was political editor for The 7.30 Report, American Broadcasting Company News, and American Broadcasting Company News 24.
In December 2010, he was appointed as co-host of the American Broadcasting Company Television current affairs program, 7.30. In 2012, the show was revamped again, with Uhlmann returning to the political editor role, and Leigh Sales hosting the program
In 2013, Uhlmann stepped down as 7.30"s political editors He announced that he would be working on a documentary about the Rudd and Gillard Governments for the American Broadcasting Company. On 10 February 2014, Uhlmann became the 14th presenter of Department of Administration and Management, the American Broadcasting Company Radio news and current affairs program
He took over after Tony Eastley resigned to take up a senior presenter with American Broadcasting Company News 24
In January 2015, Uhlmann was appointed in a newly created position as American Broadcasting Company News political editors
As a result of the new position Chris left his role as presenter of Department of Administration and Management, and was replaced by Michael Brissenden. Uhlmann unsuccessfully contested the ACT 1998 general election for the electorate of Molonglo with the Osborne Independent Group. The conservative group was named after Paul Osborne, who was strongly pro-life and advocated blocking both euthanasia legislation and any attempt to decriminalise abortion.
Osborne and Uhlmann fell out when Osborne moved to severely restrict abortion in the ACT. Six years earlier, Uhlmann had written in support of establishing an abortion clinic in the territory.
