[1] Poole began her career working as a journalist and producer for Australia's national breakfast television program Today Show on Channel Nine.
[3] In 2019, Mel wrote and directed ¨Sock and Buskin¨ which won the Audience Award at the Academy Award-qualifying St Kilda Film Festival.
[5] In 2012, Poole was a co-producer, with Dan Macarthur on a film called The Suicide Theory,[6] directed by Dru Brown and starring Steve Mouzakis and Leon Cain.
[2][1] The film stars Dwayne Cameron, Leon Cain (returning from previous involvement), Ashley Lyons and new actress Isabella Tannock.
The story follows an amateur thief who wants to escalate his thefts, as he is hiding the sexy, femme fatale hostage at his gay best friend's house after running into her when he steals a mysterious package.