[1] McDonald's career began in 2000, reporting for local news bulletins in central South Australia.
A year later he began presenting local news bulletins in Port Pirie.
In 2011 when he was announced as the weekend anchor for the bulletin, replacing Georgina McGuinness, who had been in the chair since the 1980s.
In the beginning of 2020, the Nine Network announced that McDonald would also present the afternoon news at 5pm (now 4pm) from Mondays to Wednesdays.
[2] McDonald was born at Modbury Hospital (located in the Northern suburbs of Adelaide).