Barrie Cassidy was the long-running host of the Sunday morning political commentary program Insiders from 2001 to 2019, and in 2020 took over as the host of the long form interview program One Plus One.
18 Facts About Barrie Cassidy
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Barrie Cassidy had four brothers and an elder sister and grew up with a love of football and sports.
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Barrie Cassidy moved to Canberra to become the ABC's federal political correspondent for radio and television in 1979.
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In 1986, Barrie Cassidy was approached by the then prime minister, Bob Hawke, to become his personal press secretary.
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Barrie Cassidy moved to Washington, DC, in 1991, to be with his girlfriend, Heather Ewart, who had been posted there as the North America correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
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Barrie Cassidy worked as a correspondent for The Australian before returning to Australia to host the Last Shout and Meet the Press programs on Network Ten.
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Barrie Cassidy returned to the ABC to replace Paul Lyneham as host on The 7.30 Report, before he and his wife, Heather Ewart, were sent to Brussels as European correspondents, sharing the job.
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Barrie Cassidy hosted the Sunday morning political discussion show Insiders from its inception in 2001 until his retirement in 2019.
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Barrie Cassidy formerly hosted the sports panel show Offsiders, but he stepped down from this role to write The Party Thieves, and at the end of the 2013 season left the program entirely.
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Barrie Cassidy was replaced by Joe O'Brien in January 2009.
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Barrie Cassidy appeared as himself in the first episode of the 1998 Australia television series The Games.
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Barrie Cassidy has a keen interest in horse racing, and is a devout fan of Collingwood in the Australian Football League.
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Barrie Cassidy is a keen jogger, running almost every day.
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Barrie Cassidy was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Quill Awards presented by the Melbourne Press Club on 15 March 2019.
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Barrie Cassidy worked as Labor prime minister Bob Hawke's press secretary from 1986 to 1991.
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Barrie Cassidy described the arrival of Turnbull in office as "a new and positive era".
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Barrie Cassidy described Abbott's subsequent policy disagreements with Turnbull as "vindictive".
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Barrie Cassidy advocated against the election of Donald Trump as the Republican candidate in the 2016 United States presidential election and dismissed his chances of election.