Kellie Sloane

Kellie Anne Sloane is an Australian politician, former charity CEO and television journalist. She was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 2023 as the member for Vaucluse.

Sloane was a presenter on the Nine Network's Nightline, and was also briefly an interim co-host of Today in 2007.

Media career
Sloane started her career at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Sloane joined the Nine Network in 1997 as a lifestyle series reporter for both A Current Affair and Money. She moved from A Current Affair in 2005, during a revamp of the programme to combat a ratings slump against rival Seven Network's Today Tonight.

In April 2007, Sloane moved to co-hosting Today working with Karl Stefanovic as the stand-in replacement co-host for Jessica Rowe, who was on maternity leave at the time, however Rowe announced that she was leaving the Nine Network on 6 May 2007.

On 10 May 2007, in one of the most memorable incidents on Today, Sloane collapsed live on air. The collapse occurred at 8:10am during a cooking segment with celebrity chef Tobie Puttock, of Jamie Oliver fame. It was reported that she was okay after the incident and Sloane returned to the presenters desk about 15 minutes later, allegedly attributing the "dizzy spell" to her 3am wake-up call. Vision of Sloane collapsing in slow motion later went viral on social media with YouTube. The incident was parodied on an episode of ABC TV's The Chaser's War on Everything.

In October 2009, the Nine Network announced that Sloane would be shifted to the late night news programme Nightline, with Wendy Kingston moving to present Nine's Morning News Hour. She was also a fill in presenter for Nine News in Sydney.

In July 2010, Nine announced Nightline would be axed immediately with reporters who were on duty retained, presenting late news updates in its place. Sloane left the Nine Network after 13 years at the Network.

Career serving non government organisations
In August 2015, Sloane was appointed CEO of Life Education NSW.

Political career
In October 2021, Sloane announced she was seeking preselection for the seat of Willoughby due to the resignation of Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

In November 2022, she was selected as the Liberal Party candidate for the electorate of Vaucluse at the 2023 New South Wales state election. She was comfortably elected.

Personal life
Sloane is married to Adam Connolly and they have three children. Her husband was an advisor to prime minister John Howard. As of 2015, her family lived in Centennial Park, Sydney. Sloane used her married name Connolly professionally from 2003, before reverting to her maiden name in 2013.