Career
Wendt's television career began as a news presenter for ATV-10 evening news. She then went on to be one of the first reporters on the Australian Nine Network's version of 60 Minutes, as well as filing stories for the American CBS 60 Minutes.
She has been host of A Current Affair, also on Nine, a host of Australian Dateline on SBS and Witness on Seven. She also did a number of specials for the ABC. She most recently hosted Sunday until 2006.
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