Laura Jayes

Laura Jayes
Born	24 December
Residence	Sydney
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	2006 – present
Employer	Sky News Australia
Known for	Journalism, television presenting
Spouse(s)	Alex Hart
Website	Laura Jayes

Laura Jayes is an Australian journalist and television presenter.

Jayes currently hosts The Latest with Laura Jayes on Sky News Australia.

Jayes joined Sky News in 2006 as a reporter, and in 2011 became a political reporter and member of the press gallery based in Canberra. She was the presenter of Lunchtime Agenda before the program was axed in June 2015.

Jayes returned to Sydney in 2014 and in 2015 began anchoring the Friday edition of NewsDay. Jayes was nominated as favourite female personality in the 2014 ASTRA Awards.

On 18 January 2016, Jayes was given her own primetime program The Latest with Laura Jayes which airs on weeknights.

In November 2016, Jayes became just the third Australian journalist granted a visa to Nauru, which houses a large Australian asylum seeker processing centre. Nauru has restricted access to the country to members of the media.

Jayes grew up in the Sydney suburb of Cronulla. In October 2015, Jayes married Seven News reporter Alex Hart in Adelaide and the couple live in Bellevue Hill. In December 2016, Jayes announced that she is pregnant with her first child. Jayes' birthday is Christmas Eve.

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