Sarah Blake

Sarah Blake is a former foreign correspondent and editor who has reported on some of the biggest stories of the past two decades including the 2020 US presidential race, Australian elections, two Olympics and the Asian tsunami. Chief correspondent for The Nightly, Sarah has won several News Awards and a Kennedy Award for outstanding online video.

Recent articles by Sarah Blake

If you’ve been asking why the Bureau of Meteorology keeps getting it wrong, you’re not alone, with many blaming dysfunction at the government body for errors that have cost Australians millions.

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Sarah Blake

Truth BOMs: Why does the Bureau keep getting it so wrong?

If you’ve been asking why the Bureau of Meteorology keeps getting it wrong, you’re not alone, with many blaming dysfunction at the government body for errors that have cost Australians millions.

‘PAYBACK’: Curator takes MONA man-ban fight to Supreme Court

An outspoken museum curator is taking her fight for a women’s only space to the Supreme Court after a ruling that it was discriminating against men, arguing it’s payback for 300 years of ‘unequal’ rights.

Two lost Aussie lads, a torched truck and Baja’s badlands

At the end of last week Callum and Jake Robinson were heading between two coastal cities on the surf trip of a lifetime. But they did it in a Mexican region known as a place where people disappear.

Border-bungling ministers leave Albo in PR nightmare

Some political pile-ons are overblown and partisan while others are a natural response to major stuff-ups. Although it’s only Tuesday, the PM is this week already firmly two-down in the latter category

Inquest to probe if young Sydney model was killed over debt

A new inquest into one of Sydney’s most enduring murder mysteries will hear fresh evidence about the last movements of missing woman Revelle Balmain and probe a debt she allegedly owed to an escort agency.

ANOTHER teen charged over Wakeley riots as cops hunt more

An eighth man has been charged for his part in the Wakeley riots that were sparked by an alleged terror attack on a Christian bishop.

‘Questionable tactics’: Muslim community slams terror raids

A collective of Australia’s peak Muslim bodies have slammed the terror raids of seven teens and young men in the ongoing fallout from the Wakeley church stabbing.

‘Never a doubt’ Norman reveals true LIV Golf inspiration

He’s been slammed by traditionalists and critics who question the methods and ethics of his breakaway league, but Aussie golfing great Greg Norman says he’s never ‘had a shadow of a doubt’ about LIV Golf.

Slain mum’s dad says alleged killer should’ve been in jail

The grief-stricken father of slain NSW mum Molly Ticehurst says his ‘beautiful’ daughter’s alleged killer should have been in jail amid mounting anger over the increasing number of murdered women.

Young mum killed in allegedly ‘brutal’ murder by ex-partner

A much-loved young mum and childcare worker has been allegedly murdered by her ex-boyfriend, in a crime police claim was ‘terribly violent’.

Teen accused of church stabbing in bedside court hearing

The teenager charged with a terrorist act over the Wakeley church stabbing has participated in his first court appearance from his hospital bed, as police revealed new details about the attack.

Hush falls over Sydney as city tries to heal after stabbings

Tearful people have lined up to pay tribute to the victims of the Bondi stabbing attack after a ‘terrible week for NSW’, with emotions still raw.

Sydney beach cocaine brick mystery allegedly solved

Sydney’s beach cocaine mystery has allegedly been solved with the arrest of a Brisbane man over what police called ‘a botched import’.

Tears flow as eerily quiet Bondi shopping centre opens

Tears flowed freely as Westfield’s Bondi Junction shopping centre opened its doors for a day of reflection, nearly a week after it was the scene of a stabbing massacre. SEE THE PICS

Heartwarming update for injured baby of mum killed in Bondi

Thousands of Australians have donated to a fundraiser set up to support the injured daughter and partner of heroic Sydney mum Ashlee Good, who was killed in the stabbing massacre at Westfield Bondi Junction.