Covered in splashes of blueberry yoghurt, Sales told the audience If everyone else is alright, Im quite happy to go on. He feels terrible. Im really bothered by this trend in reporting where its what you call niche news or cocooning, which is where people only want to hear facts that support their own world view. I spend an hour getting made up every day. Just a month out from the NSW election the state Coalition government is facing accusations of pork barrelling over a bushfire grants program meant to help communities devastated by the black summer bushfires three years ago. We built our newsroom to cover one [fake] story, and we did it truly well. Despite having more women at the table in senior roles, the challenge of juggling work-life balance persists. Another one to watch is investigative reporter Sarah Ferguson, who returns from the US this year. That the ABC chose her says much about the organisation. As she wraps up her career at ABC's 7.30, Leigh Sales has revealed her true thoughts on the Australian Prime Ministers she has interviewed during her time at the current affairs program. 33w. Like the newly self-proclaimed feminist former Liberal MP Julie Bishop, who could usually be seen nodding and laughing in agreement withAbbott as he launched endless vitriolic attacks on Gillard, Sales sat on the sidelines while these women were bullied. He was far more professional and impartial despite his wifes position. Of great concern too is the ABCs promotion of any fiction which furthers the cause of identity politics. Maligning the armed forces? Why do the left have trouble with comprehension and nuance? Sharing the tips and tricks behind leading a powerful career parallel to raising a family is something the veteran reporter says is important in inspiring other women. Please take heart! Russell Yardley FAICD Professional Non-executive. If Id come through 25 years ago, I wouldnt necessarily be in the same boat. Sales hinted at the toll the coronavirus pandemic had taken on her young family, saying her sons James and Daniel had only ever known their mum at work four nights a week. The Biden White House is promoting its global human rights agenda by re-appointing a special envoy for gender and sexually diverse communities around the world. You spend a lot of time and money trying to establish the ABC branddo not destroy it! The suckers and losers alleged quotes were nothing but a Democrat/media hit job based on anonymous smears in the face of attributed denials by several/many senior people present at the time. Huckabee also naturally wanted publicity for her book, and I for one have just downloaded it on Kindle ($A13). I am also a huge admirer of the original executive producer, Deborah Fleming, and the original presenter, the late Caroline Jones. Its a show where we always go for the person at top of tree. Am I prepared to see these disappear? Sales crusade to clean up Twitter is not new. Join the conversation with your fellow The New Daily readers and see their replies. That was the Deep State in action. The question that makes many working mothers blood boil is something Sales encouraged the audience at The Leadership Institutes powerful Women in Leadership Summit to embrace. Does that qualify as Australian content? [iii] Paul Homewood discusses the heat data further here. I mostly watch prerecorded shows and zap through the ads, and the process is virtually the same whether I am watching the commercial channels or the ABC the only difference is that the Collectives ads are for itself rather than goods or services produced by dreaded capitalists. Id love your help with that. Sales has hosted ABC's 7.30 for more than a decade. They want me home with them before 8.30pm and I dont think thats too much for two little boys to ask and theyre two beautiful little boys. she said. 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Of that, only some fraction is anthropogenic warming. For me, its important to show the actual work is smart and thoughtful and heavily prepared and that I know my stuff so Im not just a pretty face - Leigh Sales, Sales and former captain of the Australian national cricket team Shane Warne, Sales and Bill Nighy following an interview on ABC's flagship current affair program 7.30 in 2017, The veteran journalist spoke with Leadership Institute Executive Director and Konnect Learning Director Dana Lightbody at the Women in Leadership Summit 2018, Leigh Sales shares the harsh truth about women in the media. SANDERS: Well, some of those things are just patently false. Sales interview of climate hysteric Jane Fonda was also deeply respectful, even when her guest lamented that she had only one servant in her $US5.4m Los Angeles mansion. This is an abridged transcript from Breakthrough, a two-day event in Melbournepresented by Victorian Womens Trust. Subscribe for free to get the latest breaking news and analysis sent to your inbox. It is the ongoing needless deaths of women at the hands of their partners which was met with the Government voting against 49 of the 55 respect@work safety recommendations by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner. Sales took to social media to share the news with her loyal fans, stating that she feels lucky to take on hosting duties for the brilliant program and that it was very humbling to be chosen as anchor given the show has only previously had one other permanent host, the first being the late Caroline Jones. But I also feel that that is fitting in a broader context about awareness of power generally, because I feel like every single night when Im hosting 7.30, that I see stories in which people in power are exploiting or taking advantage of people with less power.In many cases, people that they have been paid to care for, or have expressly said that they promise to serve and I see it all the time, every night on the show. He began lying the day of the Inauguration, and I dont think thats in our interest. Some women, such as Yassmin Abdel-Magied, experienced such sustained and vicious campaigns at the hands of conservatives, that they wereliterally run out of the country. by gregorius Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:13 pm. Sales' writing has also regularly appeared in major Australian publications, including The Monthly, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and, before its demise, The Bulletin. Pussy-grabbing talk? Co-host Chat 10 Looks 3 with @annabelcrabb. One has to wonder why Sarah Huckabee agreed to do this interview at all. More topically the sensationalist, unscientific and mathematically ignorant reporting on the Chicom flu pandemic has certainly contributed to the groundless panic which has enabled Dictator Dan and his ilk to leave us cowering obediently under house arrest as we slide into a police state with an economy destroyed and children uneducated. Im so thrilled and excited about that because as you know its one of the most popular shows on the network. If you can afford a donation, it will help Speakola survive and prosper. Sales packed into eight minutes all conceivable ABC bias, venom and hatred of a US President now polling 51 per cent, according to the latest Rassmussen, profile of the electorate a figure reflecting support before the signing of the twin Israeli peace . They are an incredibly talented and motivated team with terrific leaders. When a female finally rose through the political ranks to become prime minister in 2010, there was hardly an Australian woman that wasnt bursting with pride and hope for the future. It might well be taken up by a billionaire socialist and simply become the on-air version of the Saturday Paper. Menu I think I have done that bit', BAFTA acceptance, Leading Actress - 2019, Axel Scheffler: 'The book wasn't called 'No Room on the Broom! The services risked being captured by urban interests. Had she done so, the exchange would have gone like this: Why did you organise a defence of your husband Bill based on calling his rape-accusers nuts and sluts, and how did you feel when you learnt your Presidential husband had inserted a cigar into a young interns vagina in the Oval Office?. Sanders should have walked off but instead took on the compere. Or if they were listening to it they were dismissing it. Its a distant memory now, but Leigh Sales was not given the job of solo host initially. At 1am, after a record-breaking seven-plus hours of anchoring the live broadcast, Sales said: Yeah, weve broken the record. These Social Justice Warriors must be thrown on the snap heap and suffer the consequences of their own stupidity. Latest book WELL HELLO And since Tony Abbott, infamous across the globe as a misogynistic bully, became Prime Minister in 2013, promptly appointed himself minister for women and catapultedAustralia back to the 1950s, it has become almost impossible to imagine a political climate that will again accept a woman in the top job. This editorial was originally published as part of theweekly subscriber-only newsletter and may be read online in the IA members-only area. Ive come through in an era where people are more conscious they need to get more women in the same roles so I think Ive benefitted from that. Sales had no answer to Sanders riposte and continued to read from her vituperative question-list. Sales next question or speech ran like this: So to believe you, somebody watching this interview has to believe that every former senior member of the Trump administration who has left and spoken of his unfitness to lead has an axe to grind, that every former senior Republican who has spoken out, from Colin Powell to the late John McCain, has an axe to grind, and then all of these life-long Republicans are in cahoots with the Democrats and theyre all also tied up in a conspiracy with the mainstream media and its the mainstream media thats peddling lie after lie, not Donald Trump? IA punches above its weight. As such, ABC News has posted a correctionto the ABCs Corrections & Clarifications page which reads: On 14 March, ABC TV News and the News Channel reported that President Trump had called Coronavirus a hoax. Now lets get specific. It contains news and opinion from Australia and around the world. I dont mind with politicians going in really hard because I think if yourposition isnt strong enough you cant argue your case strong enough to come back against that, thats bad on you. Its well past time that this kind of thing needs to changeWhat do a lot of these stories that Ive mentioned have in common?