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Sandra Sully (journalist)
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Sandra Sully is an Australian journalist and news presenter.
Sully is currently a presenter of Network Ten
's Ten News at Five
in Sydney, alongside Bill Woods
in Brisbane and moved to Network Ten
in 1990 where she began working as a political correspondent in the network's Canberra bureau. She moved to Ten Sydney as a reporter, update presenter and later as a weekend late-night presenter for Ten Eyewitness News. Her big break came in 1992 when she became co-host on Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV)
with Mike Hammond and later Ron Wilson
. The following year the pair moved from dawn to dusk, presenting Ten Sydney's 5:00 pm news. In November 1995, following Anne Fulwood
's departure for the Seven Network, Sully became the regular weeknight presenter of Ten's Late News
, a position she held until 4 November 2010.
Sully was the first Australian television journalist to cover news of the 11 September terrorist attacks. She was on air when the first attack occurred and, shortly afterwards, began presenting live breaking coverage. She was also the first television reporter to broadcast from the site of the 1997 Thredbo landslide disaster in which 17 people were killed. She covered the rescue efforts until the sole survivor, Stuart Diver
, was rescued in dramatic fashion.
More recently Sully travelled to Timor to cover how the new nation is coping post the uprising. Her story documents the struggle for independence post liberation.
In 2009, Sully travelled to Borneo to cover the tragic story of World War Two diggers who died at Sandakan and on the infamous Death Marches. The documentary premiered on Network Ten over the Anzac Day weekend that year.
During Sully's time with Network Ten, she became the face of Ten News
and presented various specials, including the anniversaries of the 11 September attacks and the 2002 Bali bombings as well as a science and nature documentary series that aired prime time for several months. She hosted the Australian of the Year Awards program, presented from Canberra
on Australia Day
eve, from 2002 to 2007. Through 2005 and 2006, she hosted various specials of Network Ten's Australia's Brainiest
. She also regularly hosts the New Year's Eve
special of Ten News, reviewing the major news events of the year. She has also informed the finalists of Big Brother Australia 2005, 2006, 2007
and 2008
of newsworthy events that occurred during their time in the "house" in the style of a Ten News
broadcast. She also hosted Cool Aid Australia's National Carbon Test.
Sully is a keen sports fan and covered the 1994 Commonwealth Games
in Victoria, Canada
and the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. She was the first woman to co-host Australia's iconic Melbourne Cup
carnival and did so for seven years.
In 2006, a character based on Sully named "Sandra Sultry" featured in The Wedge, a comedy sketch show based around the fictional town of Wedgedale. "Sultry" was a news reporter who constantly revealed her legs, talked in a seductive, husky voice and chatted with other people in the studio while the cameras were running.
In September 2010, Sully was announced as presenter of Sydney's Ten Evening News
which commenced in January 2011.
In April 2011, Sully was reinstated as the Ten Late News
presenter with Kathryn Robinson
returning to Finance presenter on Ten Early News due to poor ratings for 6.30 with George Negus
and Ten Evening News.
In October 2011, Sully replaced Deborah Knight
on Sydney's Ten News at Five
after Network Ten
cancelled Ten Late News
due to lackluster ratings.
. She was married to former journalist and political adviser Mark Ryan. They divorced in 2001.
Sully was the victim of an apparent stalker in November 1997. She was pistol-whipped
twice in the carpark of her home after returning from a late shift at Ten. At an awards ceremony in late 2006, she told guests she had hired "a couple of security guards" following the incident.
In September 2011, Sully married Symon Brewis-Weston.
Sully is currently a presenter of Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
's Ten News at Five
Ten News
Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
in Sydney, alongside Bill Woods
Bill Woods
William "Bill" Woods is an Australian television broadcaster.Woods is currently the presenter of Network Ten's Ten News at Five in Sydney, alongside Sandra Sully.-Early Career:...
Career
Sully began at the Seven NetworkSeven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
in Brisbane and moved to Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
in 1990 where she began working as a political correspondent in the network's Canberra bureau. She moved to Ten Sydney as a reporter, update presenter and later as a weekend late-night presenter for Ten Eyewitness News. Her big break came in 1992 when she became co-host on Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV)
Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV)
Good Morning Australia from Network Ten was the name of two different programs. This article is for the breakfast TV show, not to be confused with Bert Newton's morning program....
with Mike Hammond and later Ron Wilson
Ron Wilson (newsreader)
Ron Wilson is a news presenter with Network Ten. an Australian television network.WIlson is currently the presenter of Ten Early News and also Ten Morning News on Monday & Tuesday...
. The following year the pair moved from dawn to dusk, presenting Ten Sydney's 5:00 pm news. In November 1995, following Anne Fulwood
Anne Fulwood
Anne Fulwood is a former Australian newsreader and current affairs host who was born in South Australia's Riverland.-Career:Fulwood began her television career at ADS-7 in Adelaide in 1983 initally as a sports reporter...
's departure for the Seven Network, Sully became the regular weeknight presenter of Ten's Late News
Ten Late News and Sports Tonight
Ten Late News and Sports Tonight was an Australian late night television news program, broadcast on Network Ten for over 20 years.-History:...
, a position she held until 4 November 2010.
Sully was the first Australian television journalist to cover news of the 11 September terrorist attacks. She was on air when the first attack occurred and, shortly afterwards, began presenting live breaking coverage. She was also the first television reporter to broadcast from the site of the 1997 Thredbo landslide disaster in which 17 people were killed. She covered the rescue efforts until the sole survivor, Stuart Diver
Stuart Diver
Stuart Diver is a ski instructor and was the sole survivor of the 1997 Thredbo landslide.At 11.35pm on 30 July 1997, 3500 tons of rock and mud slid down the side of Thredbo taking two ski lodges with it. The landslide killed 18 people, one of whom was Diver's wife, Sally...
, was rescued in dramatic fashion.
More recently Sully travelled to Timor to cover how the new nation is coping post the uprising. Her story documents the struggle for independence post liberation.
In 2009, Sully travelled to Borneo to cover the tragic story of World War Two diggers who died at Sandakan and on the infamous Death Marches. The documentary premiered on Network Ten over the Anzac Day weekend that year.
During Sully's time with Network Ten, she became the face of Ten News
Ten News
Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
and presented various specials, including the anniversaries of the 11 September attacks and the 2002 Bali bombings as well as a science and nature documentary series that aired prime time for several months. She hosted the Australian of the Year Awards program, presented from Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
on Australia Day
Australia Day
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia...
eve, from 2002 to 2007. Through 2005 and 2006, she hosted various specials of Network Ten's Australia's Brainiest
Australia's Brainiest
Australia's Brainiest is a television game show series produced in Australia by Crackerjack Productions, a FremantleMedia company; and currently airing on Network Ten. The format was taken from the British series entitled Britain's Brainiest Kid...
. She also regularly hosts the New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is observed annually on December 31, the final day of any given year in the Gregorian calendar. In modern societies, New Year's Eve is often celebrated at social gatherings, during which participants dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the...
special of Ten News, reviewing the major news events of the year. She has also informed the finalists of Big Brother Australia 2005, 2006, 2007
Big Brother Australia 2007
Big Brother Australia 2007 was the seventh season of the Australian reality television series Big Brother Australia. Episodes were broadcast on Network Ten in Australia, and the first episode aired on 22 April 2007...
and 2008
Big Brother Australia 2008
Big Brother Australia 2008 was the eighth season of the Australian reality television series, Big Brother Australia to air on Network Ten. Episodes were broadcast on Network Ten and Ten HD in Australia. The first episode aired on 28 April 2008. Since then, there has been a total 20 housemates...
of newsworthy events that occurred during their time in the "house" in the style of a Ten News
Ten News
Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
broadcast. She also hosted Cool Aid Australia's National Carbon Test.
Sully is a keen sports fan and covered the 1994 Commonwealth Games
1994 Commonwealth Games
The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 August to 28 August 1994.The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the...
in Victoria, Canada
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
and the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. She was the first woman to co-host Australia's iconic Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
carnival and did so for seven years.
In 2006, a character based on Sully named "Sandra Sultry" featured in The Wedge, a comedy sketch show based around the fictional town of Wedgedale. "Sultry" was a news reporter who constantly revealed her legs, talked in a seductive, husky voice and chatted with other people in the studio while the cameras were running.
In September 2010, Sully was announced as presenter of Sydney's Ten Evening News
Ten News
Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
which commenced in January 2011.
In April 2011, Sully was reinstated as the Ten Late News
Ten Late News and Sports Tonight
Ten Late News and Sports Tonight was an Australian late night television news program, broadcast on Network Ten for over 20 years.-History:...
presenter with Kathryn Robinson
Kathryn Robinson
Kathryn Robinson is an Australian journalist with Australia's Network Ten.Robinson is currently the Finance presenter on Ten Early News and a regular fill in presenter for Sydney's Ten News at Five, Ten Morning News and Ten News at Five: Weekend...
returning to Finance presenter on Ten Early News due to poor ratings for 6.30 with George Negus
6.30 with George Negus
6.30 with George Negus is an Australian television current affairs program broadcast on Network Ten. It airs at 6:30pm from Monday to Friday and is presented by George Negus and Hugh Riminton or Hamish Macdonald from the TEN studios in Pyrmont, Sydney.It premiered at 6pm on 24 January 2011...
and Ten Evening News.
In October 2011, Sully replaced Deborah Knight
Deborah Knight
Deborah Knight, is an Australian journalist and news presenter.Knight is currently news presenter on Weekend Today and Monday & Friday news presenter on Today.-Career:...
on Sydney's Ten News at Five
Ten News
Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
after Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
cancelled Ten Late News
Ten Late News and Sports Tonight
Ten Late News and Sports Tonight was an Australian late night television news program, broadcast on Network Ten for over 20 years.-History:...
due to lackluster ratings.
Personal life
Sully was educated at Brisbane State High SchoolBrisbane State High School
Brisbane State High School is a partially selective, co-educational, state secondary school, located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is a member of the Great Public Schools' Association of Queensland, and the Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association...
. She was married to former journalist and political adviser Mark Ryan. They divorced in 2001.
Sully was the victim of an apparent stalker in November 1997. She was pistol-whipped
Pistol-whipping
Pistol-whipping is the act of using a handgun as a blunt weapon, wielding it as if it were a club or blackjack. "Pistol-whipping" and "to pistol-whip" were reported as "new words" of American speech in 1955, with cited usages from 1940s...
twice in the carpark of her home after returning from a late shift at Ten. At an awards ceremony in late 2006, she told guests she had hired "a couple of security guards" following the incident.
In September 2011, Sully married Symon Brewis-Weston.
External links
- http://ten.com.au/ten/coolaid-cool-aid-program.html