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David Speers (left) interviewing George Brandis on PM Agenda
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Born |
David Speers 9 September 1974 Sydney, Australia |
Residence | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
Education |
1987–1988: Normanhurst Boys High School 1989: Turramurra High School |
Occupation | Political Editor |
Years active | 2000 – present |
Employer | Sky News Australia |
Known for | Political reporting |
David Speers is an Australian journalist and the political editor at Sky News Australia, as well as host of PM Agenda, The Last Word and Speers Tonight.
Speers worked with the Macquarie Radio Network at 2GB, and the Southern Cross radio network, including stations 2UE and 3AW, before joining Sky News Australia in 2000. He has been a member of the National Press Club board since 2005 and is currently a director.
He currently hosts the channel's flagship PM Agenda program Monday to Thursday afternoons. Additionally, he presents political updates and conducts interviews throughout the day on the 24-hour news channel. He also previously commuted from his home in Canberra once a week to Sky News' primary studios in Sydney to host primetime program The Nation with David Speers before the program ended in 2015. On 28 January 2016, Speers began hosting a new weekly Sky News format Speers Tonight from Canberra.
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 Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott.