ABC Television Presenter and Journalist — Insiders

Barrie Cassidy has been cov­er­ing federal polit­ics since he was first posted to Canberra in 1979. He has worked as polit­ical cor­res­pond­ent for ABC TV and radio and polit­ical analyst for the 7:30 Report. He is a former pres­id­ent of the par­lia­ment­ary press gallery.

Mr. Cassidy was former Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s senior press sec­ret­ary for four years and his senior polit­ical adviser. Barrie has worked over­seas as a cor­res­pond­ent, cov­er­ing the news in the major polit­ical cap­it­als of the world. He worked as US cor­res­pond­ent for The Australian in Washington during the Clinton Administration and then as European cor­res­pond­ent for the ABC, based in Brussels.

He has hosted many political/discussion/interview pro­grams on tele­vi­sion includ­ing Meet The Press and The Last Shout on Network Ten and cur­rently, Insiders and Offsiders on the ABC.

He is a member of the Australia-United States Leadership Dialogue.