The Nation with David Speers

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The Nation with David Speers
Genre Current affairs, Commentary
Presented by David Speers
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Original release
Network Sky News Australia
Release2015 (2015)
Related
Speers Tonight

The Nation with David Speers is an Australian television program on Sky News Australia. The program discusses political issues of the week with a panel of political contributors, moderated by host David Speers. [1] [2] The weekly program was one of two shows hosted by Speers, the other being the four-times weekly PM Agenda . [3]

The program was filmed at Silk Studios in the Sydney suburb of Willoughby, where other select Sky News panel programs are filmed such as Richo + Jones and The Cabinet . [4]

The program did not return in 2016, instead replaced by Speers Tonight . [5] [6] [7]

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