Leigh Sales

Leigh Sales
Sales hosting a Global Town Hall with Hillary Clinton (January 2013)
Born	Leigh Peta Sales (1973-05-10) 10 May 1973 (age 43) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Residence	Glebe, Sydney
Nationality	Australian
Education	Aspley State High School
Alma mater	Queensland University of Technology Deakin University
Occupation	Television presenter
Employer	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Television	7.30
Spouse(s)	Phil Willis
Children	2

Leigh Peta Sales (born 10 May 1973) is an Australian author and journalist. She is the host of the Australian television channel ABC's flagship news and current affairs program 7.30.

Sales was born in Brisbane. She was a journalist with the Nine Network before joining the ABC. She is a graduate of Deakin University (Master of International Relations) and Queensland University of Technology (Bachelor of Journalism).

Sales has held positions in national radio current affairs and was NSW political reporter covering the 1999 and 2007 state elections and the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Sales presented Lateline on Monday, Thursday and Friday nights (with Tony Jones presenting on Tuesdays and Wednesdays). She has been the ABC's national security correspondent from 2006 until 2008 and was based in Sydney. Sales was the network's Washington correspondent from 2001 to 2005, covering stories including the Iraq War, the 2004 presidential election, Guantanamo Bay and Hurricane Katrina

In 2011, Sales was appointed presenter of the ABC's flagship news and current affairs program, 7.30.

In January 2013, Sales hosted the 70 minute Townterview—a mix of a town hall and a television interview—with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Newseum in Washington, DC. It is significant for being the final such program for Clinton as Secretary of State.