1. Leigh Peta Sales was born on 10 May 1973 and is an Australian journalist and author, best known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
27 Facts About Leigh Sales
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Leigh Sales has won three Walkley Awards, and in 2023 was nominated for the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.
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In November 2022, it was announced that Leigh Sales had been appointed as the new host of ABC TV's weekly documentary series Australian Story.
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Leigh Sales has written and co-written several books, and since 2014 has co-hosted a podcast with Annabel Crabb, called Chat 10 Looks 3.
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Leigh Peta Sales was born on 10 May 1973 in Brisbane and attended Aspley State High School in that city.
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Leigh Sales received a bachelor of business, with a major in journalism, from the Queensland University of Technology, graduating in 1994, and Master of International Relations from Deakin University.
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Since then, Leigh Sales has held several prominent roles with the ABC and was New South Wales political reporter covering the 1999 and 2007 state elections.
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Leigh Sales was the network's Washington correspondent from 2001 to 2005.
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Leigh Sales was the ABC's national security correspondent from 2006 until 2008 and was based in Sydney.
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From 2008 to 2010, Leigh Sales was a co-host of the ABC's Lateline, a late-night national current affairs show with a heavy emphasis on federal politics and international affairs.
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Leigh Sales hosted the ABC's Australia Votes for the 2016 Australian Election and again for the 2019 election and hosted her last in 2022.
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In December 2010, Leigh Sales was appointed anchor of the ABC's current affairs program, 7.30.
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Leigh Sales has interviewed every living Australian prime minister and many world leaders and celebrities, including Hillary Clinton, the Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi, Paul McCartney, Patti Smith, and Salman Rushdie.
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In February 2022, Leigh Sales announced she would step down from 7:30 in June 2022 following the federal election.
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Leigh Sales said she planned to continue working for the ABC.
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In November 2022 Leigh Sales was announced as the new host of ABC TV's weekly biographical documentary series Australian Story, commencing in early 2023.
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In May 2024, Leigh Sales was announced as a mentor of autistic journalism students at Macquarie University for ABC TV's new interview documentary series The Assembly, based on a French format, which premiered on 20 August 2024.
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Leigh Sales' writing has regularly appeared in major Australian publications, including The Monthly, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and, before its demise, The Bulletin.
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In November 2014, Leigh Sales started a podcast with Annabel Crabb called Chat 10 Looks 3.
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Leigh Sales has presented sessions at the Sydney Writers' Festival, Melbourne Writers Festival, and Adelaide Writers' Week.
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In 2020, Leigh Sales voiced Coco's mother, Bella, in season two of Bluey, including the episode "Baby Race".
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Leigh Sales talked to astrophysicist and ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt about her new book Storytellers.
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Leigh Sales won the Walkley Award for Best Radio Current Affairs Reporting in 2005.
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In 2012 Leigh Sales won the Walkley Award for Broadcasting and Online Interviewing.
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In 2019, Leigh Sales was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her services to broadcast journalism.
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In September 2022, Leigh Sales was awarded an honorary doctorate by QUT "for her distinguished service to the community".
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Leigh Sales was married to Phil Willis and they have two sons.