Leigh Sales | |
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.jpg) Sales (left) hosting a Global Town Hall with Hillary Clinton in January 2013 | |
| Born | 10 May 1973 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Aspley State High School |
| Alma mater | Queensland University of Technology Deakin University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Employer | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Spouse |
Phil Willis
(m. 1996; sep. 2016) |
| Children | 2 |
Leigh Peta Sales AM (born 10 May 1973) is an Australian journalist and author, best known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). She has won three Walkley Awards, and in 2023 won the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.
Sales hosted ABC TV's current affairs program 7.30 from 2011 to 2022. In November 2022, it was announced that Sales had been appointed as the new host of ABC TV's weekly documentary series Australian Story. She has also written and co-written several books, and since 2014 has co-hosted a podcast with Annabel Crabb, called Chat 10 Looks 3.