Kellie Sloane

Career Media Sloane started her career at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

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 with Karl Stefanovic, replacing Jessica Rowe, who was on maternity leave at the time. The replacement became permanent after Rowe announced that she was leaving the Nine Network a month later.

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, Sloane left the Nine Network after a 13 year tenure.

NGO work In August 2015, Sloane was appointed CEO of Life Education NSW. In 2020, she was appointed CEO of Life Education Australia. She served in the position for two years.

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. After election, she was appointed Shadow Minister for the Environment in the Shadow ministry of Mark Speakman. Upon the resignation of Matt Kean in 2024, Sloane was appointed Shadow Minister for Health.

2025 leadership election

Sloane was seen as a likely successor to New South Wales Liberal Party leader Mark Speakman, who resigned from leadership on 20 November 2025. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the two MPs met before his resignation, with Speakman supporting Sloane's move to take over the party. In a press conference on 20 November, Sloane confirmed she had nominated herself for the leadership position.

Leader of the Opposition In January 2026, Sloane announced a cabinet reshuffle, removing factional opponents from her shadow ministry in preparation for the 2027 New South Wales state election. Monica Tudehope, representing the northern Sydney Epping electorate and daughter of New South Wales Legislative Council member Damien Tudehope was installed as Shadow Minister for Finance as well as Shadow Minister for Western Sydney, replacing Eleni Petinos. Adam Crouch, the Member for Terrigal on the Central Coast was dumped as Shadow Minister for the Central Coast and replaced by Sydney based Legislative Council member Jacqui Munro. Gurmesh Singh, nuclear power advocate, New South Wales National Party Leader and Member for Coffs Habour was made the Shadow Minister for the Small Business, Regional NSW and Trade portfolios.

Views

Antisemitism In response to the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting, Sloane publicly supported a royal commission into the incident, arguing that a national inquiry would have stronger powers to investigate security agency failures than the proposed state-based commission. Sloane wrote an opinion piece for The Daily Telegraph after the attack, saying that antisemitism had been "allowed to grow through complacency, institutional drift, and a failure of leadership over several years".

Development In September 2023, Sloane opposed a plan to turn a derelict service station in Rose Bay into a Woolworths supermarket and apartment block, arguing that the development would be "an unprecedented extension of a corporate and commercial site into a residential area".

In June 2025, Sloane opposed a Rose Bay housing development plan proposed by Labor premier Chris Minns, arguing that the suburb was lacking critical services such as a major supermarket or transport links like a train line to support an increased population. Her position has been criticised by members of the Sydney YIMBY movement.

In September 2025, Sloane publicly opposed the completion of the Woollahra railway station along with rezoning that would allow higher density development to be built around the new station. Two months later, she stated she supported development of the railway station but criticised the plan, telling reporters that the area lacked community infrastructure.

In her first speech as party leader, Sloane said that she was "pro-housing" and called for the development of new metro lines, a policy championed by her predecessor Mark Speakman.

Personal life Sloane is married to Adam Connolly, with whom she has three sons. Her husband was an advisor to Prime Minister John Howard.

On 14 December 2025, Sloane was present during the aftermath of the Bondi Beach shooting, where terrorists targeted a Hanukkah celebration. Arriving shortly after the attack was stopped by police, she assisted lifeguards in giving first aid to victims.