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Sarah Abo
Syrian-Australian television journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sarah Abo (born 13 November 1985 or 1986)[1] is an Australian television presenter, journalist and reporter.[1]
Abo is currently a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast program Today with Karl Stefanovic.[2] She is also a reporter on 60 Minutes.
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Early life
Abo was born in Damascus, Syria to Fouad and Samia and has two younger sisters.[1] In 1990, when she was four years of age, the family relocated to Melbourne, Australia where she attended Our Lady of Mercy College in Heidelberg.[3][1][4] Abo went on to graduate from Monash University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), majoring in Journalism.[1][5]
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Abo commenced her television career in 2008 at Network 10's Adelaide newsroom where she initially worked as an archiving and production assistant before becoming a Ten News reporter.[1][6][5] After two years, Abo moved back to Melbourne where she continued to work as a reporter for Network 10 for another three years.[6]
In 2013, she commenced working for SBS Television as a presenter and reporter on programs such as SBS World News, Dateline, Insight and Small Business Secrets.[7] In 2014, Abo completed a fellowship at CNN in Atlanta.[8] Abo was a presenter and journalist for SBS for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[5]
In 2019, Abo joined the Nine Network as a 60 Minutes reporter.[9] Since joining the network, Abo regularly filled in as co-host of Nine's breakfast show Today including in March 2022 when regular co-host Allison Langdon contracted COVID-19.[10]
Abo was chosen to moderate the second leaders' debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese prior to the 2022 Australian federal election which aired on 8 May 2022.[11] After the debate, Abo was the subject of a controversial tweet posted by Mark Latham,[12] the New South Wales state leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, who seemingly used Abo's surname as a racial slur.[13] Criticising Abo's performance as moderator, Latham said "never trust an Abo with something as important as that".[13] The word "Abo" is a highly offensive reference to Aboriginal Australians.[14] The Nine Network said that they intended to report Latham's comments to the authorities while praising Abo's handling of the debate.[15]
In November 2022, Abo was announced as the new co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast program Today in 2023, replacing Allison Langdon who was appointed as the host of A Current Affair following the retirement of Tracy Grimshaw.[2]
In December 2023, Nine announced that Abo will host Carols by Candlelight with David Campbell.[16]
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Personal life
On 15 December 2012, Abo married Cyrus Moran.[17]
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