Kellie Anne Sloane is an Australian politician. Before entering politics, she was a charity CEO and television journalist. She was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 2023 as the member for Vaucluse.
Kellie Sloane | |
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| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Vaucluse | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Gabrielle Upton |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse | Adam Connolly[1] |
| Children | 3[1] |
| Occupation | Chief executive and TV journalist |
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| Website | https://kelliesloane.com.au |
Sloane is a member of the Shadow Ministry of Mark Speakman, and currently serves as the Shadow Minister for Health.[2] Until July 2024, she was the Shadow Minister for the Environment.
Sloane was a presenter on the Nine Network's Nightline, and was also briefly an interim co-host of Today in 2007.
Media career
editSloane started her career at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[3]
Sloane joined the Nine Network in 1997 as a lifestyle series reporter for both A Current Affair and Money. She moved from A Current Affair in 2005, during a revamp of the programme to combat a ratings slump against rival Seven Network's Today Tonight.[4]
In April 2007, Sloane moved to co-hosting Today working with Karl Stefanovic as the stand-in replacement co-host for Jessica Rowe, who was on maternity leave at the time, however Rowe announced that she was leaving the Nine Network on 6 May 2007.[5]
On 10 May 2007, in one of the most memorable incidents on Today, Sloane collapsed live on air. The collapse occurred at 8:10 am during a cooking segment with celebrity chef Tobie Puttock, of Jamie Oliver fame. It was reported that she was okay after the incident and Sloane returned to the presenters desk about 15 minutes later, allegedly attributing the "dizzy spell" to her 3 am wake-up call.[6] Vision of Sloane collapsing in slow motion later went viral on social media with YouTube. The incident was parodied on an episode of ABC TV's The Chaser's War on Everything.
In October 2009, the Nine Network announced that Sloane would be shifted to the late night news programme Nightline, with Wendy Kingston moving to present Nine's Morning News Hour. She was also a fill in presenter for Nine News in Sydney.[citation needed]
In July 2010, Nine announced Nightline would be axed immediately with reporters who were on duty retained, presenting late news updates in its place.[citation needed] Sloane left the Nine Network after 13 years at the Network.[7]
Career serving non government organisations
editIn August 2015, Sloane was appointed CEO of Life Education NSW.[3][8][7]
Political career
editIn October 2021, Sloane announced she was seeking preselection for the seat of Willoughby due to the resignation of Premier Gladys Berejiklian.[1]
In November 2022, she was selected as the Liberal Party candidate for the electorate of Vaucluse at the 2023 New South Wales state election.[9] She was comfortably elected.[10]
Personal life
editSloane is married to Adam Connolly and they have three children. Her husband was an advisor to prime minister John Howard.[1] As of 2015, her family lived in Centennial Park, Sydney.[11] Sloane used her married name Connolly professionally from 2003, before reverting to her maiden name in 2013.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Graham, Ben (28 October 2021). "Former Today star Kellie Sloane aims to replace Gladys Berejiklian in Willoughby seat". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ https://x.com/NSWPolAlerts/status/1817460770634170649
- ^ a b ""We Are There for Every Child": Kellie Sloane". CEO Magazine. 7 October 2021. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ Ketchell, Misha (2 February 2006). "Doing the maths at A Current Affair". Crikey. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ Knox, David (6 May 2007). "Nine bones Jessica Rowe". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ AAP (10 May 2007). "Breakfast TV show host collapses on-air". The Australian. News Limited. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ a b Knox, David (5 November 2022). "Kellie Sloane in tilt at state politics". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Life Education Welcomes Kellie Sloane". www.lifeeducation.org.au. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Michael Koziol (12 November 2022). "Punishment or reward? The housing remark that revived Sydney's east-west divide". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Vaucluse (Key Seat) – NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "Centennial Park suburb record broken with $12 million sale". Domain. Fairfax Media. 12 March 2015. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ ""I want my name back", writes Kellie Connolly (now Sloane)". MamaMia. MamaMia Media. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.