Australian travellers warned over high passport costs
As the winter chill hits, anyone itching for an overseas escape has been warned that, if a passport needs renewing, it could be a big hit to their travel budget.
Alice Monfries is an award-winning journalist and presenter with the Nine Network.
Alice covers breaking news, investigates issues across Sydney. She also reports live for the National daytime network bulletins and the Today Show.
Prior to joining Channel 9 Adelaide in 2014, Alice studied journalism at the University of South Australia and worked with Messenger News, The Sunday Mail and Network Ten.
In 2016, Alice was named Broadcaster of the Year by the SA Press Club for her rolling live coverage during South Australia’s flood emergency and statewide blackouts.
She was also recognised by the Press Club as the Best Up and Coming Journalist (in 2010), and whilst at The Sunday Mail, won the prestigious South Australian Young Journalist of the Year Award (2012) for her month-long investigation exposing serious failings and mistreatment in the disability and aged-care sectors.
Alice grew up in Naracoorte, South Australia and enjoys holidaying in Robe on the South East Coast.
Alice is an ambassador for The Leukaemia Foundation and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Foundation.
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