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New Radio National Breakfast host is Sally Sara
Seasoned foreign correspondent Sally Sara will take over as Radio National Breakfast host next year.
The presenter of ABC Radio’s The World Today since 2020, Sara has reported from more than 40 countries as an ABC foreign correspondent, including Africa, Iraq, India and Afghanistan,
“I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to join the Radio National Breakfast team,” Sara said. I can’t wait. I will work hard to engage the audience with stories from across the country and around the world.”
Sara replaces Patricia Karvelas who will present Afternoon Briefing on the ABC News channel next year, as well as Q+A and weekly political wrap The Party Room.
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Good morning, Mostafa Rachwani with you to take you through the day’s news.
We begin with Gina Rinehart, whose company Hancock Prospecting has just reported a bumper profit of $5.6bn. The enormous profit mostly comes from consistent iron ore volumes coming out of the Roy Hill, Hope Downs and Atlas Iron operations – with a record output from Roy Hill. In a statement, Hancock Prospecting also made a note of the $3.9bn it paid in taxes in the past year.
Elsewhere, Queensland’s truth-telling inquiry is under threat, with the newly installed LNP government intent on shutting it down. Premier David Crisafulli told a press conference on Thursday that he would repeal the Pathway to Treaty Act as one of his first acts in government. The bill would be repealed this year, he said, leaving scheduled sittings in December in flux.
We’ll bring you more on those stories, and everything else happening around the country as it comes. Stay tuned.
