In 2002 she joined the ABC in Sydney as a cadet and spent a year in Mackay.
She returned to Sydney in 2004 working as newsreader in the Triple J News Team[4] for the ABC where she has continued her career in radio and television.
She worked on the Indigenous television program Message Stick in various roles including as an Associate Producer/Researcher.
[2] She produced, directed and wrote A Close Shave (2002) a documentary on a young Torres Strait Islander boy; directed Coming of the Light (2006); wrote Troubled Waters (2007)[5] and was co-writer of Stylin'up[6] (2007) all part of the Message Stick series[7] For 5 years until early 2014 Patrick hosted Speaking Out on radio.
Then she moved to Brisbane until mid-April to act as stand-in host of Afternoon in south-east Queensland.