Sarah Harris (born 13 July 1981) is an Australian television presenter and journalist. She is currently a co-host on

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's '' The Project'' and previously co-hosted the morning talk show ''

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''.

Early life

Harris grew up in a block of housing commission flats in

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, a western suburb of Sydney. She has one younger brother. Her father died of prostate cancer at 50. She is of Croatian descent through her grandparents, who emigrated to Australia.

Career

Harris studied journalism and international business at

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. Her journalism career started in 1997 at the

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in Brisbane, where she filed reports for ''

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'' and later ''

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''. In June 2001, she joined '' Prime Gold Coast News'' where she was a freelance television reporter and presenter. She then moved back to the

in Brisbane where she was a cadet news reporter and writer. In 2002, Harris joined the

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and became a reporter, researcher, and fill-in presenter on ''

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''. She also joined ''

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'' as a reporter and ''

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''. She delivered live reports from the scene of the

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in November 2004, as well as Sir

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’s funeral in

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in 2005. She left ''Today'' in 2005 to become a reporter and fill-in presenter on ''National Nine News'' in Brisbane. In 2007, Harris moved to Sydney to become a ''Today'' reporter and a fill-in news presenter. She was also a fill-in news presenter on '' Nine Morning News'', '' Nine Afternoon News'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2012, Harris was the main fill-in presenter for

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on '' Mornings''. She also filled in for

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on ''Weekend Today'' whilst she was on maternity leave. In August 2013, she resigned from the Nine Network to join Network Ten's then new morning program, ''

'' as a co-host with

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and

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. She has also been a fill-in host on

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program '' The Project''. In November 2014, Harris was announced as the host of ''

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''. In February 2016, Harris was welcomed to the ''

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'' round table as a Black Dame by Adam Curry and John C Dvorak. On 31 October 2016, Harris gained a Guinness World Record for Most Pumpkins Smashed in One Minute while dressed as

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from

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. On 23 November 2022, Sarah announced that she would be leaving ''

'' after hosting the show for nine years to become a new co-host of '' The Project'' in 2023 after the departure of the show's longest running co-host

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in December 2022.

Personal life

Harris married Information Technology specialist Tom Ward in Sydney in 2014. Harris and Ward have two children. In March 2021, Harris announced that she and Ward are "taking time apart however we remain good friends and deeply committed to co-parenting our two beautiful boys". Harris is a former pack-a-day smoker, having quit in 2014."Sarah Harris: "For far too long, it's been my dirty little secret.""
''Mamamia'' (Australia), 6 October 2014. However, she was seen smoking with co-host Joe Hildebrand at the Logie Awards 2016. She claimed at that moment it was the first cigarette she had had since her pregnancy. Harris has since resumed smoking full time. In October 2017, Harris and Ward bought a $2.175 million home in Sydney's North Shore.

References

External links

Sarah Harris at ''Studio 10''
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