ABC Mildura-Swan Hill Chief of Staff, Sarah Tomlinson has passed away unexpectedly after suffering a fatal anaphylactic reaction.
She was on annual leave in South Australia when she died.
Sarah had been a broadcaster since she was 14, spending many years in community radio, including Radio Adelaide, before joining the team at the ABC.
She had presented music, current affairs, and emergency coverage in every shift from dawn to dark, as well as having been a radio trainer and lecturer based in Adelaide.
Sarah worked in South Australia and Adelaide, hosting Mornings and Regional Drive for ABC South Australia and Broken Hill, before moving to Mildura.
She presented ABC mornings, regional drive, and had two stints as a Chief of Staff.
In 2018 Sarah moved back home to the Victorian Mallee to be the chief of staff in her home patch, one of the ABC’s most remote bureaus.
There are many online tributes the passing pf Ms Tomlinson. Many tributes include twitter remarks from all walks of life incljuding family, members of parliament, former and present colleagues. Examples include The Adelaide Advertiser and The Daily Mail.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11411345/Shock-beloved-ABC-radio-star-Sarah-Tomlinson-dies-anaphylaxis.html .
Regardless of age, for whatever health condition, even the healthiest of the healthy, a person is not invincible. Like a thief in the night (1 Thess 5:2, Matt 24:43, Rev 16:15, 2 Peter 3:10), a family member, friend or well-known public figure goes to another world.
Life is precious,
Thank you
Anthony, Belfield, in the land of the Wangal and Darug Peoples of the Eora Nation