Whiting was born in Mackay, Queensland on 12 July 1971,[1] moving with her family to Brisbane after her parents divorced.
[3] She joined Nine Brisbane in 1996 as a reporter and soon became presenter of the weekend editions of Nine News Queensland.
She became co-presenter of the weekday news with Bruce Paige in 2001; together, they took the bulletin to the top of the ratings in Queensland and were presenting at the time when the September 11 attacks took place.
In 2006 she became presenter of the Gold Coast edition of Nine Gold Coast News after production moved to Brisbane, and soon after assumed role as presenter of Extra, Nine's local tabloid current affairs program.
[3] During recent years Whiting has been a presenter with Brisbane radio station 4BC and a columnist for The Courier-Mail.