 He was the weather presenter on "Seven News" from 1991 to 2009.Newman was perhaps best known for his role as Western Australian presenter of "It's Academic", a popular school quiz program that ran for ten years from 1969 to 1979 and later revived from 2001 and 2005 and also the annual Perth Telethon which he was main anchor between 1968- 2009.His brother is Peter Newman, another well-known Perth media personality.