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Sandra Sully (born February 1965 in Brisbane) is the senior news presenter with Network Ten, an Australian television network. She presents Ten's Late News from Monday to Thursday and often fills in for Ten's 5:00pm news presenters around the country, generally in Sydney. Sully was educated at Brisbane State High School.
[edit] CareerSully began at Channel Seven in Brisbane, and moved to Channel Ten in 1991 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. Sandra's big break came in 1992 when she became co-presenter on Good Morning Australia with Mike Hammond and later Ron Wilson. The following year the pair moved from dawn to dusk, presenting Ten Sydney's 5:00pm 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 continues to hold. Sully was the first Australian television journalist to cover news of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.[1] She was on air when the first attack occurred and, shortly afterwards, began presenting live breaking coverage.[2] Sully 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 she travelled to Borneo to cover the tragic story of World War Two diggers who died at Sandakan and on the infamous Death Marches. Her moving documentary premiered on Network Ten over the Anzac Day weekend in 2009. During her time with Ten, Sully has become the face of Ten News and hosted various specials, including the anniversaries of September 11 and the 2002 Bali bombings as well as a science and nature documentary series that aired, prime time, for several months. Sully hosted the Australian of the Year Awards program, presented from Canberra on Australia Day eve, from 2002 to 2007. Through 2005 and 2006, Sully 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.[3] Sully is a keen sports fan [4] 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.[5] 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. Sully filled in for Deborah Knight while she was on maternity leave during 2009 but has since returned to the Late News desk. [edit] Personal lifeSully 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. [6]
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