[2] After completing her degree at the University of Technology Sydney with a distinction average, Kinkade moved to the country to gain field experience working as a roving reporter for NBN Television in Newcastle, Tweed Heads and Lismore.
During her four years at the network Kinkade worked on coverage which included 2005 Nias Island Sea King crash, the death of Pope John Paul II, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and 2005 Cronulla riots.
In December 2008, Kinkade moved to Melbourne re-joining the Seven Network as a national correspondent for the nightly public affairs program Today Tonight.
Kinkade pursued a number of investigations which included one-on-one interviews with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
Her stories including 2014 East Harlem gas explosion, the Ebola virus disease outbreak, and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and the Early 2014 North American cold wave known as the 'Polar Vortex.'