Insiders (Australian TV program)

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Insiders
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Insiders title card
GenrePolitics, analysis
Presented by David Speers (2020–present)
Barrie Cassidy (2001–2019)
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons23
Production
Executive producerSamuel Clark
Production location Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network ABC
ABC News (2010–present)
Release15 July 2001 (2001-07-15) –
present
Related
Offsiders

Insiders is an Australian news and talk television program produced by ABC News, and hosted by David Speers, airing at 9am Sunday mornings on ABC TV, ABC News and on demand via ABC iview.

Contents

History

The program debuted on 15 July 2001, and was hosted by Barrie Cassidy for 18 years until his retirement in June 2019. Similar in format to Sunday morning talk shows in the United States, Insiders analyses and discusses Australian politics with the use of a panel of political journalists and columnists and interviews with prominent politicians and commentators.

Broadcast on the ABC on Sunday mornings at 9am, the program also features many regular commentators from various Australian media outlets and think tanks. The show is part of the ABC's Sunday morning line-up, commencing with Insiders, followed by Offsiders , a sports program initiated [1] and formerly hosted by Cassidy, and now hosted by Kelli Underwood.

Fran Kelly hosted Insiders while Barrie Cassidy was on long service leave, and Chris Uhlmann, prior to his move to the Nine Network, also hosted the show in Cassidy's absence.

In March 2019, Cassidy announced he would be leaving Insiders after the 2019 Australian election and after eighteen years in the hosting chair. [2] His last show was on 9 June 2019; regular fill-in presenters Fran Kelly and Annabel Crabb alternated hosting duties until the end of the year.

In June 2019, David Speers was announced as Cassidy's replacement from 2020. [3]

In June 2020, the program received criticism for having an all-white panel discussing the Black Lives Matter movement. [4] An investigation by Junkee discovered that there seemingly had never been a person of colour on the panel in the show's history. [5] Consequently, ABC journalist Bridget Brennan accepted an invitation to be on the following week's program, seemingly becoming the first non-white person to ever appear on the Insiders panel. [6] Addressing the criticism, Speers admitted the previous week's edition of Insiders lacked an important perspective and that the program needed to do better in having more diverse insights into political debate. [6]

In May 2023, it was announced that the show would relocate from the ABC's Melbourne studio to Canberra later in 2023. [7] The first episode broadcast live from Canberra was broadcast on 9 July 2023. [8]

Format

As a Sunday morning talk show, the original format of the program usually started with Cassidy discussing the political issues of the week, followed by an interview with a current Australian political figure, usually an Australian politician. Each week in the studio, Cassidy discusses current political issues with a panel of three commentators/journalists of varying political perspectives.

The 2007 series included small changes to the format of the show: re-ordering the segments, commencing the program with the political interview, followed by "Your Shout". Paul Kelly's discussion (this segment was discontinued in 2010) was then used as a starting point for the panel discussion. "Talking Pictures" continued to provide a break point within the panel discussions, with the show concluding with its customary sign-off where Cassidy asked the three panel members for their "final observation and predictions".

In 2011, the usual program format began with a brief monologue from Cassidy followed by a brief video summary of the major events of the preceding week. Cassidy then reviewed the Sunday papers with the studio panel before moving on to the studio guest. If the guest is present in the studio the interview is introduced by a short video clip relating to the first interview question. The interview usually lasts until midway through the hour and is followed by a video clip which concentrates on events surrounding a major news topic of the week. This was followed by a panel discussion between Cassidy and his studio guests. Cassidy introduced "Talking Pictures" towards the end of the hour, which is followed by more studio discussion. The show usually wound up with Cassidy introducing amusing or otherwise interesting media clips followed by an observation or prediction from each panel member before Cassidy ended the show with a final media clip or two.

The program's editor, Huw Parkinson, has produced dozens of video mashups compositing the faces of political figures onto films and other pop culture footage. [9] Parkinson's videos won him a Walkley Award for multimedia storytelling in 2015. [10]

Since David Speers became host the format has remained relatively consistent, with an opening edited video compilation that frames the weeks key events, opening remarks and discussion with the three panellists, a look at the Sunday newspaper stories followed by a political interview of around 15 to 20 minutes in duration. The discussion returns to the panellists for around 20 minutes then breaking to a prerecorded Talking Pictures package (hosted by Mike Bowers with a weekly guest), then returns to the studio for closing comments and observations.

Regular segments

Your Shout

The Your Shout segment (which was dropped in 2010) gave a member or group of members of the public a chance to air a grievance or present opinions about topical political issues that concerned them, in a short, pre-recorded segment shown during the program. It appears that the program attempted to ensure that the members of the public selected from week to week represented a broad range of political opinion and were spread across different parts in Australia.

Talking Pictures

Presented by Mike Bowers, the Talking Pictures segment analyses political cartoons and photographs featured in the nation's newspapers, magazines and news websites from the previous week. Regularly appearing cartoonists and photographers have included Warren Brown, Bill Leak, Geoff Pryor, Bruce Petty, Alan Moir, Peter Nicholson, Mark Knight, Jon Kudelka, Peter Hoysted, Matt Golding, Andrew Meares, David Pope, Paul Batey, Cathy Wilcox, Sean Leahy, Fiona Katauskas and Alex Ellinghausen.

Poll of Polls

Presented by Andrew Catsaras, the Poll of Polls segment aggregated and reviewed political polling from the previous month. This segment commenced in February 2012, appearing during the last week of each month in 2012, moving to the first week of each month in 2013. [11]

The Curve

Presented by Casey Briggs, [12] The Curve [13] started in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic providing weekly analysis and information graphics of infection and hospitalisation rates. The segment has evolved into other subject areas including electoral polling analysis and the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum called The Crunch .

Commentators and panellists

Regular panellists

Insiders panellists since 2022
CommentatorBackgroundLatest appearance
Lorena AllamIndigenous affairs editor, The Guardian 31 July 2022
Waleed Aly Presenter, Network 1012 November 2023
Clare Armstrong [14] National Political Editor; Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Adelaide Advertiser, Courier Mail24 March 2024
Bridget BrennanIndigenous Affairs Editor, ABC News 3 December 2023
Dan Bourchier Journalist and presenter, ABC News 17 March 2024
James Campbell Political Editor, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Herald Sun and the Sunday Mail26 November 2023
Annabel Crabb Political journalist, ABC 13 August 2023
David CroweChief Political Editor for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald 18 February 2024
Phil Coorey Political Editor, The Australian Financial Review 17 March 2024
Tom Crowley [15] Journalist, The Daily Aus 11 February 2024
Katina CurtisCanberra bureau chief, The West Australian 7 April 2024
Rafael EpsteinPresenter, ABC Radio Melbourne 25 February 2024
Osman Faruqi Culture editor, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald 13 August 2023
Anthony GallowayChief Political Correspondent, Capital Brief 24 March 2024
Andrew GreeneDefence correspondent, ABC News 30 April 2023
Jacob GreberSenior correspondent Australian Financial Review 11 February 2024
Peter Hartcher [16] Political Editor and International Editor for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald 10 March 2024
Anna HendersonChief Political Correspondent, SBS World News10 March 2024
Jennifer Hewett [17] National Affairs columnist, The Australian Financial Review 10 March 2024
Sarah IsonFederal Political Reporter, The Australian 25 February 2024
Stan Grant Journalist20 November 2022
John Paul JankeJournalist, NITV 18 February 2024
Greg Jennett Political correspondent, ABC 29 October 2023
Jacob GreberSenior Correspondent, The Australian Financial Review 23 July 2023
Narelda Jacobs Presenter, Network Ten3 July 2022
Patricia Karvelas Presenter, ABC Radio National Breakfast3 March 2024
John KehoeEconomics editor, The Australian Financial Review 10 September 2023
Fran Kelly Journalist10 September 2023
Paul Kelly Editor-at-Large, The Australian 11 September 2022
Sean KellyJournalist, The Sydney Morning Herald 27 August 2023
Mark Kenny Senior Fellow at the Australian Studies Institute at the Australian National University 25 June 2023
Jack LatimoreIndigenous affairs journalist, The Age 16 April 2023
Rosie LewisPolitical Correspondent, The Australian 12 March 2023
Claudia LongJournalist, ABC News10 December 2023
Samantha Maiden Political Editor, news.com.au 17 March 2024
James Massola National Affairs Editor, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald 26 November 2023
Sarah MartinChief Political Correspondent, The Guardian 3 July 2022
Shalailah MedhoraPolitical Reporter, Triple J Hack program24 March 2024
Karen Middleton Chief Political Correspondent, The Saturday Paper 7 April 2024
Dana Morse [18] National political reporter at ABC News 24 September 2023
Katharine Murphy [19] Political Editor, The Guardian Australia 8 October 2023
Andrew Probyn Former Political Editor, ABC News 14 May 2023
Ashleigh RaperPolitical Editor, Network 1018 February 2024
Amy Remeikis [20] Political reporter, The Guardian Australia 30 July 2023
Paul SakkalFederal political correspondent (The Age and Sydney Morning Herald)7 April 2024
Niki Savva Author, political columnist (The Age and Sydney Morning Herald) and former Liberal staffer3 March 2024
Greg Sheridan [21] Journalist, Foreign Editor, The Australian 30 July 2023
Annika Smethurst State Political Editor, The Age 20 November 2022
Cameron StewartChief International Correspondent, The Australian 9 October 2022
Lenore Taylor Editor, The Guardian Australia 5 November 2023
Laura Tingle Chief Political Correspondent, ABC and 7.30 program27 August 2023
Peter van Onselen Contributing Editor, The Australian newspaper and Professor at Griffith University 8 October 2023
Shane Wright [22] Senior Economics correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald 20 August 2023
Panellists who have appeared since February 2022, Source: ABC Insiders website [23]

Former panellists

CommentatorBackground
Piers Akerman Columnist, Sydney's Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Dennis Atkins Former National Affairs Editor, The Courier-Mail (last appeared 1 November 2020)
Andrew Bolt Host of The Bolt Report on Sky News Live, Herald Sun columnist and blogger
Tim Blair Opinion Editor, Sydney's Daily Telegraph
Malcolm Farr The Guardian Australia
Gerard Henderson Executive Director, Sydney Institute [24]
David Marr [25] Journalist, The Guardian Australia
George Megalogenis Author/columnist, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald (last appeared 13 May 2018)
Glenn Milne Political journalist, The Australian and News Corp Sunday publications (sacked as a panelist)
Gareth ParkerFormer Presenter, 6PR
Matt Price Sketch writer, The Australian (deceased)
Mark Riley Political Editor, Seven News
Lanai ScarrFormer journalist, The West Australian (last appeared 13 March 2022)
Tory Shepherd Journalist, The Guardian Australia and former News Corp correspondent
Michael Stutchbury Editor-in-Chief, The Australian Financial Review
Brian TooheyFormer columnist with The Australian Financial Review [26]

2024 season episode listing

Insiders 2024 episodes
EpDatePanelGuest InterviewTalking Pictures guestKey issuesLocationHost
1 [27] 4 February 2024 Anthony Albanese [28]
Prime Minister		 Cathy Wilcox Stage three tax cuts Canberra David Speers
2 [29] 11 February 2024
  • Clare Armstrong
  • Tom Crowley
  • Jacob Greber
 Angus Taylor
Shadow Treasurer		Alex Ellinghausen Stage three tax cuts Canberra David Speers
3 [30] 18 February 2024
  • David Crowe
  • Ashleigh Raper
  • John Paul Janke
 Max Chandler-Mather
Greens housing spokesperson		Amanda CoppBoat arrivals in WACanberra David Speers
4 [31] 25 February 2024
  • Raf Epstein
  • Sarah Ison
  • Katina Curtis
 Jason Clare
Education Minister		 Dan Ilic Boat arrivals in WACanberra David Speers
5 [32] 3 March 2024 Dan Tehan,
Shadow Immigration Minister		Fiona Katauskas 2024 Dunkley by-election, VictoriaCanberra David Speers
6 [33] 10 March 2024 Chris Bowen [34]
Minister for Climate Change and Energy 		Andrew Meares Vehicle emission standard Canberra David Speers
7 [35] 17 March 2024 James Paterson [36]
Shadow Minister for Home Affairs		 Zoe Norton Lodge Tik Tok
Immigration Detention		Canberra David Speers
8 [37] 24 March 2024
  • Clare Armstrong
  • Anthony Galloway
  • Shalailah Medhora
 Richard Marles [38]
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 		Peter Hoysted
(Jack the Insider)		 2024 Tasmanian state election
Trump v Rudd		Canberra David Speers
9 [39] 7 April 2024
  • Katina Curtis
  • Karen Middleton
  • Paul Sakkal
 Simon Birmingham [40]
Shadow Foreign Minister		Megan Herbert World Central Kitchen drone strikes Canberra David Speers

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