Brett also previously worked as journalist, presenter and News Director at 3AW before joining the network.
McLeod has worked in Radio as part of the program Danger: Low Brow, where he was known as Brett Duck.
[1] Created at Community radio 3RRR while McLeod was completing his Media degree at RMIT, the show was later successful in both the Breakfast and Drive timeslots at FOX-FM He was the Nine Network's Europe correspondent between 2002–04, and has covered numerous major stories including the Boxing Day tsunami in Aceh, conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, East Timor, Bangkok and Beirut, and Victoria's Black Saturday fires.
Between 2005 and 2021, McLeod filled-in for Jo Hall as Melbourne's weekend presenter, and later Alicia Loxley.
[3] He commenced the role in September and remained correspondent until August 2024 before returning back to Australia as a Nine News reporter.