Veteran ABC presenter Tracey Holmes calls time on public broadcaster

A senior ABC journalist and radio presenter has abruptly called time on the public broadcaster, just months after her high-profile husband.

Senior ABC journalist Tracey Holmes has abruptly called time on the public broadcaster, just months after her high-profile husband.

On Saturday, Holmes announced she had resigned from the ABC but promised she would continue with her career elsewhere.

“Paris 2024 beckons. It will be my 14th Olympic Games as a journalist/reporter/broadcaster,” the ABC radio anchor wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

ABC journalist Tracey Holmes announced she was leaving the public broadcaster on Saturday. Picture: YouTube.

“This coming Olympics though, it will not be for the ABC since I have resigned and will finish on November 30.

“Thanks to colleagues, listeners, viewers, readers, critics and most importantly, those who always gave their time to both celebrate sports role in society and discuss the ways of turning the negatives into the positives.”

The move comes just months after her husband, Stan Grant, departed the broadcaster, saying he was “walking away” after copping racial abuse.

The move mirrors that of husband Stan Grant. Picture: ABC.

Grant first announced he was stepping down from his role as host of Q+A in May, before leaving the ABC entirely in August.

He accused the ABC of “institutional failure”, leading the broadcaster’s managing director David Anderson to announce a review into their response to racism.

Holmes began working at the ABC in 1989 and had several stints with the organisation over the following decades, notably as Australia’s first female host of sports program, Grandstand.

Holmes and Grant met and began dating while working for Channel 7. Picture: Supplied.

Paris 2024 beckons. It will be my 14th Olympic Games as a journalist/reporter/broadcaster. This coming Olympics though, it will not be for the ABC since I have resigned and will finish on November 30.

Thanks to colleagues, listeners, viewers, readers, critics and most… pic.twitter.com/dBYKf7Eaxw

— Tracey Holmes (@TraceyLeeHolmes) October 28, 2023

She returned to the broadcaster in 2014 after a stint overseas with Grant and has hosted The Ticket, a weekly analysis of the world of sport, on ABC radio.

Holmes received the Australian Sports Commission's Lifetime Achievement Award in March, with the peak body saying she was widely recognised as one of the most “influential sports broadcasters”.

She will leave the ABC on November 30.