Frank Pangallo
Member of the South Australian Legislative Council
Assumed office
17 March 2018 (2018-03-17)
Personal details
BornOctober 1954 (age 69)
Political partyIndependent (2023–)
Other political
affiliations
SA-Best (until 2023)
EducationUnderdale High School (South Australia)
OccupationJournalist; politician

Frank Pangallo (born October 1954)[1][2] is an Australian journalist and politician. He has been an SA Best member of the South Australian Legislative Council since the 2018 state election.[3]

Pangallo worked for the News in Adelaide, becoming editor in 1989, and from 1995 was a television reporter on Today Tonight. In 2017 he became a media advisor to Nick Xenophon.[4] He was second on the SA Best ticket at the 2018 state election.

In December 2023, Pangallo left the SA-Best party.[5]

References

  1. "New MP Frank Pangallo's colourful life". Adelaide Advertiser. 26 May 2018.
  2. Meegan, Genevieve. "'People tend to remember me more for the foot-in-the-door stuff'". SA Life.
  3. "Hon Frank Pangallo". Members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  4. Bermingham, Kathryn (13 July 2017). "Former Today Tonight journalist Frank Pangallo to take up role as media advisor to Nick Xenophon". News.com.au.


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