Sarah Abo

Abo was born in Damascus, Syria in 1986.[1] In 1990, she relocated to Melbourne in Australia at the age of four with her parents and two younger sisters.[1]

After graduating from Monash University in 2008, Abo commenced her television career at Network 10's Adelaide newsroom where she initially worked as an archiving and production assistant before becoming a Ten News reporter.[1][3] After two years, Abo moved back to Melbourne where she continued to work as a reporter for Network 10 for another three years.[3]

On 15 December 2012, Abo married Cyrus Moran.[4]

In 2013, Abo began working for SBS Television as a presenter and reporter on programs such as SBS World News, Dateline, Insight and Small Business Secrets.[5] In 2014, Abo completed a fellowship at CNN in Atlanta.[6]

In 2019, Abo joined the Nine Network as a 60 Minutes reporter.[7] Since joining the network, Abo has regularly filled in as co-host of Nine's breakfast show Today including in March 2022 when regular co-host Allison Langdon contracted COVID-19.[8]

Abo was chosen to moderate the second leaders' debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese prior to the 2022 Australian federal election which aired on 8 May 2022.[9] After the debate, Abo was the subject of a controversial tweet posted by Mark Latham, the New South Wales state leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, who seemingly used Abo's surname as a racial slur.[10] Criticising Abo's performance as moderator, Latham said "never trust an Abo with something as important as that".[10] The word "Abo" is a highly offensive reference to Aboriginal Australians.[11] The Nine Network said that they intended to report Latham's comments to the authorities while praising Abo's handling of the debate.[12]

In November 2022, Abo was announced as the new co-host of Nine's breakfast program Today in 2023, replacing Allison Langdon who was appointed as the host of A Current Affair following the retirement of Tracy Grimshaw.[2]