Sandra Sully

Sandra Sully is one of the most recognised and respected faces on Australian television. A journalist, senior editor and presenter with Ten Eyewitness News First at Five, she has been part of the TEN News team since 1990. Sandra celebrated her 25th anniversary at the network in 2015.

She is also a highly sought-after MC for events and conferences. Her hosting credits include: the Pink Ribbon Breakfast, the Veuve Clicquot Awards, Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, Women of Achievement Awards, Star Ball, Grand Prix Ball, AFL Grand Final Week and Eureka Awards – National Science Awards.

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During an impressive career, Sandra has hosted major Network news events including the Federal Budget, the Royal Wedding coverage from London and Oprah Winfrey’s Big ‘O’ event at the Botanical Gardens. She also co-hosted TEN’s interactive, real-life crime series Wanted.

For 18 years, she was the highly popular Presenter and Senior Editor of TEN Late News with Sports Tonight. In that role, she was the first Australian journalist to break the news of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States. She has subsequently covered anniversary commemorations of both the Bali bombings and the September 11 attacks.

Sandra’s documentary credits include travelling to Timor in 2010 to produce Independent Future, a report on how the then new nation was coping post-liberation.

In 2009, her documentary Sandakan – Sheer Bloody Murder revealed the tragic story of hardship and horror faced by Australian prisoners of war in Borneo on the infamous death marches of World War II. It premiered on Network Ten over the Anzac Day weekend that year.

Sandra was also one of the first on the scene at one of Australia’s worst natural disasters, the Thredbo landslide, and covered the emotional rescue of Stuart Diver in 1997.

Off camera, Sandra is a news junkie and has been a driving force behind TEN Eyewitness News First At Five’s Social Media framework. She is a news leader on Twitter and Instagram and her prolific news tweets provide Australians with breaking news and information, amassing a large and loyal following along the way.

Sandra’s engaging warmth, style and versatility have enabled her to cover numerous events such as Commonwealth and Olympic Games, as well as becoming the first woman to co-host the iconic Melbourne Cup/Spring Carnival, a role she filled for seven years.

Sandra is a passionate sports fan and sits on the Board of Hockey Australia, as well as being one of the first women members of the prestigious Carbine Club of New South Wales, which supports children in sport.
Sandra is an Ambassador for National Adoption Awareness as well as being committed to several charity organisations. She’s Co-Patron of Spinal Cure; Ambassador for the NSW Crime Stoppers; and National Ambassador for Do Something, which encourages social change.

Sandra’s passion for news has fortified her position as one of the finest newsreaders in the country, delivering TEN Eyewitness News First At Five bulletins with integrity and credibility.