1. David Gordon Speers was born on 9 September 1974 and is an Australian journalist and host of Insiders on ABC TV.
21 Facts About David Speers
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David Speers began his career in Geelong, Victoria, in the newsroom of radio station K-Rock.
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David Speers has been a member of the National Press Club board since 2005 and is currently a director.
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In 2000, David Speers joined Sky News as a political editor.
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On 28 January 2016, David Speers began hosting a new weekly Sky News format David Speers Tonight from Canberra.
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In June 2019, David Speers was appointed as host of the ABC's Insiders program, replacing Barrie Cassidy from February 2020.
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David Speers regularly appears on ABC News, News Breakfast and ABC Local Radio including Mornings on ABC Radio Melbourne.
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David Speers was a fill-in presenter for Michael Rowland on News Breakfast.
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In July 2023, David Speers was appointed as ABC national political lead, a new position, following the departure of former political editor Andrew Probyn.
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In 2024 David Speers moved his family back to Canberra, from where he now presents Insiders.
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David Speers was chosen to moderate the leaders' debate between John Howard and Kevin Rudd for the 2007 Australian federal election and again in the 2010 Australian federal election between Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, as well as the 2013 Australian federal election between Rudd and Abbott.
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David Speers hosted the second leaders' debate on the ABC for the 2025 federal election.
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In 2025, David Speers served as the co-host of the ABC's 2025 election night coverage alongside Sarah Ferguson.
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David Speers was the co-host of the ABC's coverage of the Voice Referendum in 2023 alongside Bridget Brennan.
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Between 2006 and 2015, David Speers has been awarded with an ASTRA Award for "outstanding performance" by a presenter or journalist every year with the exception of 2010.
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David Speers won a Walkley Award in December 2014 for a notable interview with Attorney General George Brandis, in which Brandis struggled to explain what metadata was despite being the minister in charge of proposed new laws surrounding the storage and police access of metadata.
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David Speers won the same award at the 2015 event for his notable "The Fixer" interview with Christopher Pyne on PM Agenda.
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In 2016, David Speers was named one of the 50 most powerful people in Australian television by News Corp Australia.
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David Speers won the Subscription Television Award for Best Male Presenter at the 2017 AACTA Awards.
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David Speers lives in Canberra and is married to Liz, with whom he has two children who were born in 2010 and 2014.
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David Speers plays the trumpet and demonstrated this ability while hosting the 2010 ASTRA Awards.