Career
Doyle attended the private school Pymble Ladies' College. She studied communications at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, NSW. During her studies she was a broadcaster with on-campus community radio station 2MCE-FM. She gained a cadetship at WIN Television's Canberra bureau in 1990, then moved to Prime Television to become news anchor and general reporter. After her stint at Prime ended in 1995, Doyle joined the Seven Network in Sydney as a Canberra based political reporter as well as reading the afternoon news updates on occasion. Doyle was one of Sunrise's original hosts before it was axed in 1999, before being resurrected in 2000, and which she rejoined in 2002. She also had a stint reading the Seven Late News.
In 2000, she took over as host of Sydney's Today Tonight following the departure of Stan Grant. She stayed until March 2001 when she left for maternity leave.
In 2012, she was named as the Greater Western Sydney Giants' inaugural No. 1 Ticket Holder.
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