Laura Jayes (born 24 December 1983) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. Jayes currently co-hosts ''

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'' and '' AM Agenda'' on

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Career

Jayes joined Sky News in 2006 as a reporter, and in 2011 became a political reporter and member of the

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based in

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. 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

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. On 18 January 2016, Jayes was given her own primetime program '' The Latest with Laura Jayes'' which aired on weeknights. In November 2016, Jayes became just the third Australian journalist granted a visa to

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, which houses a large Australian

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processing centre, the

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. Nauru has restricted access to the country to members of the media. In October 2018, Jayes moved from hosting ''NewsDay'' to co-hosting breakfast programs ''

'' and '' AM Agenda''.

Personal life

Jayes grew up in the Sydney suburb of

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. In October 2015, Jayes married ''

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'' reporter Alex Hart in

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and the couple live in Bellevue Hill. In December 2016, Jayes announced that she was pregnant with her first child.

References

External links

Sky News Australia
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