An Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) journalist with strong ties to Charles Sturt University (CSU) and Wagga Wagga, Mr Duncan Huntsdale, will be guest speaker at the inaugural dinner being held to celebrate the role of young professionals in the Wagga Wagga community. The Celebratory Dinner will be held on Friday 31 October to acknowledge the contributions young people aged mainly between 20 to 35 years make locally. Now based in Sydney, Mr Huntsdale is the sports journalist and sports presenter for ABC television news. He was educated in Wagga Wagga and Sydney, obtained a journalism degree at CSU, and worked as a sports journalist at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga before joining the ABC in 1998. “I am looking forward to returning to Wagga Wagga where my parents live and where I went to school and began my media career,” said Mr Huntsdale. “I also look forward to supporting Charles Sturt University in organising this event for young professionals as it is where I obtained my journalism degree and met my future wife.”