Editing Clare Martin (section)

==Pre-political career==
Having spent time in London and other overseas cities, she began working as a typist for the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] in Sydney in 1978. In 1979, she became a trainee reporter.<ref name="bio"/> After several years, she began to take an interest in presenting, but was told that she would not be given a position in Sydney unless she had experience elsewhere {{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}. In February 1983,<ref name="bio"/> Martin was then offered a six-month position {{Citation needed|date=July 2007}} presenting a morning radio show in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] for the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Radio]] station [[105.7 ABC Darwin|5DR]].

She had little intention of staying there, and briefly returned to [[Canberra]] in May 1983,<ref name="bio"/> before being offered a job in Sydney. However, at the same time, Martin's partner was offered a partner's position at the law firm he had worked in Darwin. He liked living in Darwin and was keen to take up the position, so Martin agreed to decline the Sydney job and return to Darwin in May 1985 where she gained another position on an ABC Radio morning show.<ref name="bio"/>

In 1986, Martin made the move to television, as the presenter of ''[[The 7.30 Report]]'' until 1988. After returning from long service leave where she cared for her two young children,<ref name="bio">[http://www.nt.alp.org.au/people/nt/martin_clare.php Clare Martin ALP biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708153200/http://www.nt.alp.org.au/people/nt/martin_clare.php |date=8 July 2007}}</ref> Martin returned to work in 1990 to work on ABC Radio's morning program.<ref name="bio"/>