Michael John Bailey OAM (27 October 1949 – 20 June 2021[1][2][3]) was an Australian television and radio weather presenter, journalism educator, political aspirant and football club chairman.
[4][5] He was the longtime presenter of the weekday weather segment of the ABC Sydney edition of the 7:00 p.m. news bulletin, which is also relayed to major parts of New South Wales.
[2][6] Bailey was also a lecturer in radio journalism at Macleay College in Sydney, and a noted MC and guest speaker.
[2] Before entering politics, Bailey discussed the weather on weekday afternoons with Richard Glover on ABC Radio Sydney 702.
He mentioned that one of his jobs as a young man was "Savings Sam", spruiking, among other things, ladies' underwear outside a Sydney department store.