On June 29, 2017. Despite more women appearing in senior media roles, gender diversity continues to be a significant hurdle to overcome. I think the thing is we need to ask men more, Sales says. IanL, I thought so too but realised it is recorded, not live, so if Huckabee had walked out, there would have been no impact and Sales would have ditched the tape not run it. [iii] Where sites have stayed obstinately rural, temperatures have shown much less rise than 1degC. Conservative British MP Simon Fell rejectsclaims by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton that the UK does not have capacity to build a new class of nuclear-powered submarine for Australia under the AUKUS program. Am I alone in being nauseated with every change of location in Gardening Australia being told that we are now on land of the watsamattabrudda tribe sorry, thats First Nation? Leigh Sales grills Scott Morrison over his faith and plebiscite views in final interview before election Prime Minister Scott Morrison fired back at tough questions on his faith and attitude to gay people, saying he is "not running for pope". [v], What Im saying is that our readers and some of our staff cheer us when we take on Donald Trump, but they jeer at us when we take on Joe Biden.. Perhaps Ill write another diatribe on that topic! Here is Sales next question to Sanders (real): After the FBI director, James Comey, was fired, as White House spokesperson you said that countless members of the FBI had told the Trump administration, they had no confidence in him. [7] Sales joined the ABC in Brisbane in 1995.[3]. Now in a recent interview with ABC,. And for Australians, maybe people are concerned he seems erratic, and is hesomething we can rely on. It didnt occur to Sales that WaPo, with The New York Times, has proudly thrown objectivity overboard to help Biden oust Trump. There is, in fact, as we have reported in this publication, a very significant body of evidence to suggest that this is the case. Like many conservatives I am conflicted about some of the ABCs offerings on both radio and television. He certainly is a divisive political figure - but so was . He feels terrible. Notably, Sales took off about six weeks of leave in the middle of last year primarily, we hear, to allow her to dedicate herself to homeschooling her two boys.. We all cop criticism here. Leigh Sales on the ABC TVs 7.30 last night Sept 16) interviewed Donald Trumps former press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Generally, the people Im interviewing act the same with me as they would a man., 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. The headline was rapidly changed to Assailing Hate but Not Guns, to inject some editorial animus. You can see a video of both her parents at the 1960 Democratic National Convention. We will have to accept that many worthy programs currently aired by the Collective will of necessity migrate to commercial channels, and be funded at least in part by paid advertising. peterda123. They have had enough of people in power using the system to enshrine their power and keep women as less powerful. In New Zealand, residents want to rebuild their cyclone-ravaged homes but a hard conversation is on the horizon. SALES: Because of your activism, youve attracted plenty of controversy. As the recent SBS documentary on Julia Gillards rise to power and her subsequent despicable treatment,Strong Female Lead, illustrates, this nation wasnt ready for a woman in the top job and the relentless vile attacks against her were not just tolerated, but actively encouraged by many in the media of both sexes. What is it with the ABC Trump hating? The much-admired journalist makes her career look effortless but the mental load of managing two young children (aged four and six) and a senior role creates significant obstacles. It's been a year since the US withdrawal from Kabul. They are us', Address to Parliament following Christchurch massacre - 2019, Dolores Ibrruri: "No Pasarn!, They shall not pass! Technological change long ago undermined the case for a Government-owned broadcaster. While Sales is a lioness tackling an ex-press secretary across the seas, I cant imagine her similarly clawing Premier Dan Andrews, for example, about his lie one of so very, very many that curfews were medically recommended: Mr Andrews, was that a display of lying, ignorance or insanity?[ii] In any event, Sales question to Sanders was not genuinely seeking an answer. When I and many like me stop watching, because I can no longer stomach their full-on PC virtue-signalling aboriginal schtick and climate alarmism we can hope that the lower ratings for the show will cause them to mend their ways. In the following days, insiders told The Australians Media Diary that the challenges of juggling work and parenting duties might have indeed played a role in the shock move. Brilliant rod.stuart and deric davidson! One of Channel Tens most prominent personalities has decided to leave the network and return to the world of academia. [i] She added soon after: Youre not addressing my point which is that he said that he thinks science doesnt know that the planet is warming. In cabinet? To curate to the needs and wants of over-60s online and get members a better deal wherever possible through the power of our huge online community. Consummate professional, first-rate journo and a very fine human. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning. Copyright 2023 The New Daily. Chyler Leigh is an American actress, singer and model who was born on 10th April 1982 at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.Her parents are Yvonne Norton and Roberts Potts. Leigh Sales has revealed the date of her final show at the helm of ABCs flagship current affairs program, 7.30, along with what she plans to do next. Sarah Ferguson interviews Allegra Spender, the Independent MP for Wentworth, a former Liberal stronghold and one of the wealthiest electorates inthe country. He accepted he shared the responsibility for a scheme that illegally raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from welfare recipients. It seemstelling that Sales did not jump to the defence of these women. You want a politician, the minister, the head of dept, the CEO, the Dean of law school, the VC of the University. I had heard from a number of members of the FBI, both current and former, but I said I shouldnt have used that particular word [countless].. Radio stations can broadcast more powerful signals with greater digital fidelity. It is a great pity that in Australia we dont have one. And then that report, when it comes through, sits in a bottom drawer, gathering dust and the same thing happens again and then they commission another report. Clearly they hope to assist the creation of a racist Constitution, treating aboriginal Australians, mostly of mixed decent, as a favoured dare one say pet group and duplicating the US Democrat Partys left-voting plantation. Theres been mounting speculation that ABC executives were likely to appoint either Insiders host David Speers or political correspondent Laura Tingle, who filled in as 7.30 host over the summer break. There is a widely held belief on Twitter that Leigh Sales has a distinct right-wing bias. The sparce population of what is now called, rather redundantly, rural and regional Australia meant it would not be a commercial proposition for private enterprise, and thus needed government ownership and subsidy. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). In her article, Bullying on Twitter has becomeunhinged. Managing editor Michelle Pini considers Leigh Sales' recent calling out of so-called Leftist Twitter users. Sales has hosted ABCs 7.30 for more than a decade. He began lying the day of the Inauguration, and I dont think thats in our interest. 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. It is independent of the work they do for other media outlets and is an opportunity for them to talk about books, movies, television, the media and culture. Ms Sanders was anything but fiery but very polite and respectful. Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Leigh Sales is best known for being a tv show host. Subscribe to IA and investigate Australia today. Chinas social media giant is closing in on Netflix after taking the US by storm, with users spending an astonishing amount on the app each day. ', Illustrator of the Year, British Book Awards - 2018, Tina Fey: 'Only in comedy is an obedient white girl from the suburbs a diversity candidate', Kennedy Center Mark Twain Award - 2010, Sacha Baron Cohen: 'Just think what Goebbels might have done with Facebook', Anti Defamation League Leadership Award - 2019, Greta Thunberg: 'How dare you', UN Climate Action Summit - 2019, Charlie Munger: 'The Psychology of Human Misjudgment', Harvard University - 1995, Lawrence O'Donnell: 'The original sin of this country is that we invaders shot and murdered our way across the land killing every Native American that we could', The Last Word, 'Dakota' - 2016. Leigh Sales and Barnaby Joyce have a tense exchange as ABC presenter grills the deputy PM about political donations from mining billionaire Gina Rinehart Mining magnate gave $50,000 to. Her co-host Michael Rowland said what she was subjected to was next level. Noel Pearson speaks to Sarah Ferguson. Michael Cooney was a speechwriter for @, Leigh Sales: 'it is sickening to see this constant situation where powerful people and institutions exploit less powerful people', Sydney Media Club - 2021. https://centralnews.com.au/2021/03/17/leig Kwame Nkrumah: 'Our capital flows out in streams to irrigate the whole system of Western economy', inaugural ceremony of the OAU Conference - 1953, John Lewis: 'We will not and cannot be patient', March on Washington - 1963 , Jon Stewart: "They responded in five seconds", 9-11 first responders, Address to Congress - 2019, Jacinda Ardern: 'They were New Zealanders. The legendary radio broadcaster agreed to come on 7.30 and talk about his old rival Alan Jones, but ended up flirting with Sales as he nursed a glass of whisky. Powell is the John Hewson of American politics, the liberal touted by progressives as a conservative. She's carried the torch well so far, and evolved with the modern Democratic Party to become quite the liberal. Second of all, as the Americans say, Sales makes a fool of herself with her climate assumptions. Then I have a player push them through into the cars sound system. Tony Thomass new book,Come To Think Of It essays to tickle the brain, is availablehereas a book ($34.95) or an e-book ($14.95). In 2019, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her services to broadcast journalism. [23] Described by Sales and Crabb as shambolic and peripatetic[24] the podcast episodes are recorded every two to three weeks. Leigh Sales this week announced she would leave her role as host of ABCs 7:30 after the federal election. We know that Douglas's political affiliation is currently a registered Republican; ethnicity is Caucasian; and religious views are listed as Christian. Some news from me, with love to our viewers and my colleagues. She showed her characteristic toughness when she ducked a flying yoghurt pot aimed at her while she was speaking at an event in Perth in 2019. I've never seen her wobble. The bosses you have can be very influential, she says. Thats what happens when Sales and her ilk isolate in their Trump-derangement cocoon. Re: Leigh Sales. If you can afford a donation, it will help Speakola survive and prosper. Virginia Trioli seems to be thriving in the morning radio shift at ABC Melbourne. But some armchair critics on Twitter repeatedly accuse her of going soft on conservatives and too hard on Labor. Its well past time that this kind of thing needs to changeWhat do a lot of these stories that Ive mentioned have in common? A late Friday night thread on Twitter abuse and Victorias COVID-19 crisis, for those who are interested #springst . Ive been spending recent weeks doing a deep dive into the Australian Story archives, suggesting program ideas, learning their workflows and meeting their team, she revealed. ABC colleague Virginia Trioli congratulated Sales for surviving the toughest gig in the toughest of partisan times, and even Sales harshest critics would have to give her that. The appointment of an albeit female Human Rights Commissioner who opposes affirmative consent is up there as well; as is the bullying of Queensland Labor Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk by the IOC President on international television. Its men.And we are not doing a good enough job in this country, as you will see, any night when you watch 7.30, of looking after the least powerful members of our society. We should be calling out disgraceful behaviour from wherever it hails, not weaponising it to fuel ideological battlegrounds. Our content creates conversations, our voice is the one that matters. In all the years Ive anchored, Ive never had more viewers come up to me in public than after that interview to say how much joy it gave them, and it was so beautiful that people felt as if they had shared in that experience with me., Very proud of @leighsales. Sales also hosted the ABCs Australia Votes for the 2016 Australian Election and again for the 2019 election and hosted her last in 2022. Thats why it caught me by surprise[27], Sales was married to Phil Willis and they have two sons. We are much more conscious to have women at the table, but it remains a difficult problem, Sales says. pic.twitter.com/MK0t9plx2m. And Sales could hardly contain her disdain for Prime Minister Gillard when she began a 7.30 interview with: After recent events, aren't Australians well within their rights to conclude that the Gillard Government is a dysfunctional mess that deserves to be consigned to opposition as soon as possible?. Amateurish Copyright 2023 Independent Australia - All rights reserved. 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. With Australia now anticipating "significant conflict" in the Indo-Pacific, the whole jumble and chaos of our defence strategy has become just a tad alarming, as well as depressing as ever, writes Laura Tingle. These sins of commission go hand-in-hand with sins of omission; the list of things Auntie doesnt report. After publishing an opinion piece on social media bullying, Leigh Sales has come under criticism over her own past attacks on political figures. pic.twitter.com/YPCYrmvPZp. The reality too, even though I say its an assumption, is women do carry the bulk of the home load. Climate activist Greta Thunberg has called on the world to wake up to the climate emergency, days out from this years UN Climate Summit in Egypt. 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. Ferguson filled in as 7.30 host for six months while Sales was on maternity leave in 2014, before moving on to Four Corners. About the other great enemy of the state being persecuted in China, and which is in fact a dangerous ideology, we hear little, and when we do the victim is lauded, not smeared. We need a fully researched account of all the ABCs failings, and a carefully costed plan of just how this misbegotten anachronistic and socially destructive organisation can be abolished. Earlier this week I watched Leigh Sales, 7-30 Report, interview Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former press secretary to USA President, Donald Trump. Sanders should have walked off but instead took on the compere. Digitally re-mastered, its return signals the beginning of a new chapter, with four sequels scheduled for release over the next six years. 25.9k Likes, 2,682 Comments - Leigh Sales (@leigh_sales) on Instagram: "Some news from me, with love to our viewers and my colleagues." . Latest book WELL HELLO All times AEDT (GMT +11). Achieving nationwide coverage was difficult with the technology then available. In California especially, the heat island effect has grown with the states development. Suck on that, Kerry OBrien, dissolving the panel, which included Scott Morrison, into fits of laughter and creating a memorable television moment. For example, say if I want to have more women on 7.30. Again. Indigenous advocate Noel Pearson says a rejection of the Voice to Parliament would represent a failure of a whole generation of Indigenous leadership, saying it would then be up to a new generation to chart a different way forward. More like SS Party one could suggest. They must not remain protected within the Public Circus cocoon like the rest of the parasitic class which brought us the Chicom flu fiasco. It didnt last. Its still very blokey there is still a huge way to go, Sales. Democrat Dynasty. Any good corporate citizen should examine its role in promoting sensible and open debate versus hate speech and misinformation. Sales also hosted the ABC's Australia Votes for the 2016 Australian Election and again for the 2019 election and hosted her last in 2022. Next unpack: Sales cant believe that Trump ex-executives would tittle-tattle to the media (she needs to get out more) and yes, the media (especially her ABC) does lie to defame Trump. Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:05 am. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Across fashion, footwear, homewares and health; cruises, tours and package holidays; news, views and media. Whether it's shielding oneself from the vile comments of online trolls or finding the sweet work-life balance, the 7.30 anchor explains the reality of being a woman in the media. The veteran journalist delivered her final show on Thursday, June 30, 2022 with an emotional sign-off after more than a decade of hard-hitting interviews. With big decisions looming on Australia's nuclear-powered submarine program, Opposition leader Peter Dutton caused controversy by declaring we should be choosing the US not the UK as the basis for a nuclear powered fleet. SALES: What would you say to people who look at your experience and go: Well, theres just its not worth it: going into public life.. Gardening Australia with commercials is no problem, and has the additional benefit that the realities of the market ensure its now private-sector owners can be held to account by the viewers. Hence, the minute I get into a hire car in the UK, on goes Classic FM, the profitable radio station that brings together music fanciers like me, playing shorter excerpts of the well-known favorites to charm the day and ease the troubled mind. Please mention all this next time you trot out Powell as your Republican source. Source: ABC Media Centre. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, affectionately known as Auntie, or as I prefer the Australian Bolshevik Collective is long overdue for the chop. Journalists should never be above criticism, and Im always willing to hear it if its constructive, but no one should face relentless personal abuse for doing their job, Baxendale wrote. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Australia License POLITICS MEDIA WOMEN Year on year, Australian Story continues to deliver, and I think having Leigh at the helm of that is only going to strengthen that for us.. 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. One of my colleagues, Amanda Collins wrote about the challenge of getting women onto Q&A. Why do the left have trouble with comprehension and nuance? Leigh Sales (Leigh Peta Sales) is an Australian author and journalist born on 10th May 1973 in Brisbane, Australia. However, according to Media Diary, its ABC reporter Sarah Ferguson who is firming up as the favourite to take over. 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. 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. When I look at the filth dished up about Stan Grant, one of the smartest, most decent men I know, it is clearly a form of racial vilification. She has been reporting from the States since her posting to China was aborted when she couldnt get a visa. You can receive this weekly in your inbox by subscribing HERE. In CEO suites? Covered in splashes of blueberry yoghurt, Sales told the audience If everyone else is alright, Im quite happy to go on. Jun 5th, 2022 . Will ABC viewers ever see the VicPol thugs beating up little old ladies, stomping on the heads of the mentally ill or throwing accredited journalists to the ground? Chinese state media has slammed billionaire Elon Musk, blaming him for spreading a conspiracy theory about Covids origins. The politicians are quite conscious not to be seen to belittle me or treat me differently, Sales told The CEO Magazine . The spotlight attached to drilling high-profile figures many on bad days is not easy when social media is rife. Any real estate remaining after the carve-up can also be sold and added to the Governments revenue, sorely needed in the straitened times we now face paying off massive government debt and the bureaucrat-created depression. US General Mark Milley is the United States highest-ranking military officer and principal military advisor to the US President. leigh_sales. The way I manage it is by throwing money at the problem and getting people to help me, Sales told The CEO Magazine . We look forward to your next media steps @leighsales pic.twitter.com/ZyknE7q5CT, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Close to home, I caught out an ABC reporter lying that Trump had called COVID-19 a hoax, and the ABC corrections team agreed and posted a correction. Whether its working around guests honorifics, which dont always cognate the same view, to selling her skills, gender obstacles continue to pepper the media industry. I was a devoted fan of My Word and My Music, two of the best shows to come from the BBC when programs didnt need sex or foul language to be considered clever. 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. Lisa has deactivated her account because she was on the receiving end of some truly vile & distressing personal attacks, Rowland wrote on Twitter. Pussy-grabbing talk? 7.30s Sarah Ferguson speaks to China's Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian about Taiwan, imprisoned journalist Cheng Lei and President Xi Jinpings leadership. The Eyre Highway is not biased against conservative drivers, the ABC is! Sales has hosted ABC's 7.30 for more than a decade. Leigh Sales continually tried to put words in Ms Sanders mouth and use loaded questions to further her cause of Trump denigration. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. She also reported on several major news events, including Donald Trumps 2016 election victory and the death of Nelson Mandela in 2013. After stepping down as host of 7.30, Leigh Sales delighted fans when she announced her new gig and her return to television screens. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. I havent examined the ABCs budget, but I am sure Classic FMs share is minuscule compared with the news and current affairs department, what with its overseas bureaux and all, and could surely exist with funds redirected from the plastic and dramatic arts currently wasted on jars of urine or two hours of silence, or whatever treat the next cunning but otherwise unemployable confidence-trickster grant-dependent artist dreams up. Shes a near perfect clone of Maxine McKew whose orgasmic displays when interviewing ALP politicians should have been X-rated. No wonder the ABC experts all got the 2016 Trump election wrong, and they might get another nasty surprise in November. A seasoned, highly-respected journalist among her peers, Millar became the target for trolls who plumbed new depths to attack her. We're not rats', Rectorial address, Glasgow University - 1972, For Geoffrey Tozer: 'I have to say we all let him down', by Paul Keating - 2009, for James Baldwin: 'Jimmy. Growing up in. How do you reconcile that with having been the spokesperson for a President who has misled the American people on everything from coronavirus to climate change, who boasts about grabbing women on the pussy, who paid hush money to a porn star to keep her quiet about their alleged relationship and who has maligned the men and women of Americas armed forces? Then there is David Speers, Insiders host, and Stan Grant, the ABCs international affairs analyst and presenter of China Tonight. The show requires a Sydney or Melbourne host and Tingle is based in Canberra. [37]Reade toldThe New York Timesfor an April 12 article that when she pulled away from Biden, he looked puzzled and said, Come on, man, I heard you liked me. She then said he told her Youre nothing to me, nothing, followed by Youre OK, youre fine.[16]. Why are Australian viewers bombarded with crap like Planet America-more anti Trump? How often did you have those kinds of slips of the tongue, in the heat of the moment as White House spokesperson? But she is a formidable interviewer and could also be a good fit. Independent Australia is a progressive journal focusing on politics, democracy, the environment, Australian history and Australian identity. Or that her crime was to post on Facebook urging people attending a rally to wear masks and observe social distancing rules? He's written a book capturing the experience titled August in Kabul. [3] She received a bachelor of journalism from the Queensland University of Technology and Master of International Relations from Deakin University. (Laughs). He speaks to Sarah Ferguson about the growing threat of China in our region. Australian journalist and author (born 1973), Sales (left) hosting a Global Town Hall with, Walkley Award for Broadcasting and Online Interviewing, "Chris Uhlmann & Leigh Sales to host new-look "7:30", "ABC reveals 2023 programming slate, Leigh Sales to host Australian Story", "Leigh Sales announces she is stepping down as presenter of 7.30", "Australian moderates Clinton's farewell talkfest", "Dalai Lama shares wisdom on dissent, death and politicians", "Any Ordinary Day review: Leigh Sales and negotiations with sudden grief", "Bullying on Twitter has become unhinged. Please try again. The warmist scientists never predicted the warming hiatus after 2000, and they might (or might not) be wrong again. She blasted back at the mainstream media and its pro-Democrat lies, epitomised by the medias two years of phony Russia-collusion scoops. [30][31] After 20 years of marriage, Sales and Willis separated in December 2016.[32]. IA punches above its weight. Sales using Sanders Christian faith as a stick to beat her with is disgusting. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Try Brookings Institute not Brookings Institutions - embarrassing !