New trial hopes to make baldness 'perfectly optional'
Australian researchers are searching for 150 volunteers for the final phase of a clinical trial investigating whether a re-purposed blood pressure medication could be used to treat baldness.
Brett Mcleod is an award-winning journalist and news presenter who has spent decades covering some of the biggest stories in Australia and the world.
Brett joined Nine in 2000. He has twice been the network's Europe Correspondent. He has reported from war zones including Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Israel/Gaza, and was live on air as civilians were killed in Bangkok's 2010 Red Shirt protests. Brett was one of the first journalists into Aceh after the devastating Boxing Day tsunami. He was also on the ground in Kinglake during Victoria's Black Saturday fires.
Other major stories he has covered include the death of Queen Elizabeth, the coronation of Charles and Camilla, the coronation of Mary and Frederick in Denmark, and he reported from Buckingham Palace and Saddam Hussein's Republican Palace in the same month.
Brett's first job was at radio 3AW, where he later became Drive host and News Director.
Born in Melbourne, he studied media at RMIT where he is now an Adjunct Professor in Journalism.
Unthinkable after October 7, Israel is increasingly a country alone
Israel has ignored warnings from friendly governments before. But the deaths of seven aid workers, including an Australian, might be an inflection point, Brett McLeod writes.
Aussie news correspondent reveals his top London spots
From coffee to galleries.
Putin's sham election shows even strongmen can have fragile egos
If you have absolute power, why go through the theatrics of a people's vote?
Brett McLeod: It's time to 'think the unthinkable' about Putin's war
The war has created two possibilities that beforehand would have been almost unthinkable. One is a nuclear attack. The other is Putin being forced from power, writes 9News European Correspondent Brett McLeod .
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D-Day for Dan Andrews as premier fronts inquiry
The Victorian Premier this afternoon fronts the inquiry he set up into the hotels quarantine fiasco. Brett McLeod looks at what's been learned so far.
Students tackle homelessness in the time of COVID-19
We have been told not to leave our homes unless necessary, but what if you don't have a home to leave?
MP's tears remind us that politicians live in the same world we do
It is always a surprise and a relief when politicians show they're human, Brett McLeod writes.
The only thing not catching on with Victoria's coronavirus debacle
Hotels that were meant to insulate instead become incubators for COVID-19.
'My Arts degree got me where I am'
A three-year humanities degree is set to more than double in cost for students, from about $20,000 now to $43,500. Here, Brett McLeod writes about why his arts degree didn't just lead to a job, it led to a career.
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'Bushfire-ravaged towns are teaching us what it means to be a community'
Brett McLeod's findings from the firegrounds
9News court reporter explains how Pell appeal unfolded
George Pell has had his guilt confirmed by the Court of Appeal.
The Correspondents: A fugitive caught and an incredible coincidence
Nine's US Correspondent Alexis Daish was on a break back home in Melbourne, set to interview Jonathan Dick's distraught mother Carol, when news broke that one of Australia's most wanted men had been arrested.
'They don't train you to cover massacres in journalism school'
US Correspondent Charles Croucher tells Brett McLeod what it is like to report from a town ripped apart by bullets.
The taxi ride of terror
One man's horror in Oslo
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Can BoJo give Britain back its mojo?
He’s guaranteed to make politics more colourful - but can he actually deliver on the Brexit deal that’s already cost his two predecessors their jobs?
The Correspondents: Trump launches bid for re-election
Donald Trump took aim at familiar targets and launched a revamped slogan: Keep America Great.
The Correspondents: Covering the Justine Ruszczyk tragedy
Nine US correspondent Alexis Daish talks to Brett McLeod about the insights she gained navigating the US justice system.
D-Day – Why this year’s anniversary is different
When Donald Trump arrived in Britain with the diplomatic subtlety of a depth charge, it was easy to forget the purpose of his visit was not about him but honouring the war dead.
Why Chris Bowen pulled out of Labor leadership race
With Chris Bowen out of Labor's leadership race, The Correspondents discuss why that's happened and how the pollsters got the election result so wrong.