Award-winning journalist Sally Sara will become the new host of Radio National Breakfast.
Sara will replace outgoing host Patricia Karvelas in 2025, as Karvelas moves on after 10 years with Radio National and three years as its host.
Sara has won two Walkley Awards in her career, across television news and radio. She has twice been a finalist in the Graham Perkin Award.
Since 2020, she has been the host of World Today, and has also worked as a foreign correspondent reporting from more than 40 countries.
From next year, Radio National Breakfast will start at 5.30am instead of 6am every weekday, and Sara will be joined on the show by political correspondent Melissa Clarke, business correspondent Peter Ryan and news presenter Luke Siddham Dundon.
“I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to join the Radio National Breakfast team. I can’t wait,” Sara said, as reported by the ABC.
“I will work hard to engage the audience with stories from across the country and around the world.”
Karvelas will move on to host Afternoon Briefing on the ABC News channel next year, and will become the host of a new podcast called Politics Now. She will also continue to host Q+A.
“Sally is one of the ABC’s most experienced journalists and beloved foreign correspondents,” Karvelas said.
“I’m so happy for the Radio National listeners, who will not only receive first class news and analysis every day but also benefit from Sally’s deep international experience at this time of great global upheaval.”