{"id":2158,"date":"2025-12-26T11:33:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:33:54","slug":"sabra-lane-farewells-am-after-nine-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/sabra-lane-farewells-am-after-nine-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabra Lane farewells AM after nine years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sabra Lane has this morning let listeners know she will be moving on from presenting current affairs flagship AM<\/em> after an outstanding nine years in the role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabra has been covering federal politics in Canberra since 2008 and joined AM<\/em> in 2017. Since 2021 she has been based in Hobart. Her other ABC roles have included being Chief Political Correspondent for 7.30<\/em> and for Radio Current Affairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AM<\/em> is appointment listening for anyone interested in the news and political events of the day, setting the agenda with the latest stories and interviews with the newsmakers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For almost a decade Sabra has taken audiences through what they needed to know, calmly, authoritatively and with humanity.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabra Lane: \u201cWhen I was approached to anchor AM<\/em> it was a dream come true. I was asked to commit to presenting the program for two electoral cycles, preferably three, and I’ve done three. This has been my ninth year hosting the program, but my body is saying \u201cenough\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cDear listener, thank you for sharing your mornings with me, I’ve kept you in the forefront of my mind while framing questions, in interviewing political leaders and in trying to explain this crazy world we live in.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo the politicians and leaders who’ve not wanted to front up, but still have, thank you. It is essential in a healthy democracy for you to appear, explain your decisions and be accountable.  I wish that you’d abandon the political messaging and flowery language. Please, be honest, clear and accountable \u2013 that’s what the public wants.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlease be kind. In a world of instant judgement, give people the benefit of the doubt. Kindness costs nothing. And broaden your horizons, not everything in the world is bad.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are often examples of goodness, inspiration, hope and people trying to fix the challenges confronting us. I have tried valiantly to reflect that.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabra will take extended leave before returning to a new role with the ABC.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new AM<\/em> presenter will be announced in due course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sabra Lane has this morning let listeners know she will be moving on from presenting current affairs flagship AM after an outstanding nine years in the role.  Sabra has been covering federal politics in Canberra since 2008 and joined AM in 2017. Since 2021 she has been based in Hobart. Her other ABC roles have included being Chief Political … Continue reading “Sabra Lane farewells AM after nine years”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2159,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions\/2159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}