Tim Brunero
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Tim Brunero is known to the Australian television-viewing public as the runner-up of Big Brother Australia 2005.

On the back of his short-lived notoriety, Brunero visited East Timor
East Timor
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

 in November 2005 for APHEDA, also known as Union Aid Abroad. He was also involved with the ACTU's Your Rights at Work
WorkChoices
The Workplace Relations Act 1996, as amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment Act 2005, popularly known as Work Choices, was a Legislative Act of the Australian Parliament that came into effect in March 2006 which involved many controversial amendments to the Workplace Relations Act 1996, the...

 campaign as a high profile spokesman, delivering speeches at rallies such as the Australian industrial relations legislation national day of protest, 2005
Australian industrial relations legislation national day of protest, 2005
A national day of protest was held in Australia on 15 November 2005, to protest against the industrial relations legislation being introduced by the government of Prime Minister John Howard...

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Brunero formerly wrote for The Chaser
The Chaser (newspaper)
The Chaser was a newspaper, published in Australia by political satire group The Chaser from 1999 to 2005.The newspaper, first published on 9 May 1999, was The Chaser team's most famous enterprise. Among other things, they have published Australian Prime Minister John Howard's private, unlisted...

, He also writes articles on the Church of Scientology for many online websites. Most recently he joined John Singleton's 2GB-plus, the digital radio service from the Australian radio station 2GB
2GB
2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 kHz, AM. It is one of Australia's most popular talk-back radio stations, and is the number one station in Sydney.-History:The station commenced broadcasting in August 1926...

, as a presenter.

In 2009, Tim Brunero returned to the small screen in Sydney in a new series of the community television show Dare I Ask?, produced by Metro Screen
Metro Screen
Metro Screen is a Paddington, Sydney based not-for-profit film and television training organisation. It is the NSW member of Screen Development Australia and is located in the Paddington Town Hall, Cnr Oxford St & Oatley Rd, Paddington....

 and broadcast on TVS
Television Sydney
TVS, or Television Sydney , is a free-to-air community television station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia.-History:Transmissions officially commenced on analogue UHF channel 31 in February 2006 after three months of technical trials...

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Brunero is also a regular politics and entertainment reporter, and an opinion writer, for LIVENEWS.com.au - the Macquarie National News
Macquarie National News
Macquarie National News is the name of the news service provided by Macquarie Radio Network Pty Ltd. It reaches both Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, through the radio stations 2GB, 2CH, MTR 1377 and SEN 1116. However, it also has broader reach through LIVENEWS.com.au, the websites of the...

 online news service.

Tim Brunero went to Carlingford High School, is a graduate of the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...

 and was a director of the University of Sydney Union
University of Sydney Union
The University of Sydney Union is the student-run services and amenities provider at the University of Sydney. The Union's key services include the provision of food and beverages, live music and other entertainment, the Verge Arts Festival and other cultural activities, Orientation week and...

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He has recently joined Sydney community radio station 2SER 107.3FM hosting the Wednesday breakfast program, where his insightful comments have endeared him to listeners as the station's own Hunter S. Thompson.

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