She became co-news anchor for Seven National News in late 1984 alongside presenter Kevin Crease, weatherman Keith Martyn and former football player Peter Marker on sports.
In 1991 Fulwood joined Good Morning Australia as a newsreader, working alongside Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Tim Webster.
Fulwood came to national prominence as anchor of Ten's Late News from 1991 (when she succeeded inaugural host Eric Walters) to 1995.
With the title "News Flash", the caricature depicted an immaculately groomed, blonde female newsreader, sitting at her news desk, facing the camera, and completely naked from the waist down, with her legs spread apart clearly displaying her pubic hair and vulva below the desk.
Penthouse recalled and destroyed all unsold copies of the magazine and publicly apologized to Fulwood for its offensive treatment of her and the embarrassment it caused her.