Barrie Cassidy is an Australian political journalist. He works as a radio and television host, and commentator for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Cassidy was born on March 4, 1950, in Wangaratta, Australia to Bill Cassidy and Myra Cassidy.
He has five siblings Ron, Bill, Brian, Graham and Pam Cassidy.
Raised in the Victorian town of Chiltern, Cassidy attended Rutherglen High School.
Cassidy began his career as a cadet on the Albury Border Morning Mail in 1969, he moved to the Shepparton News a year later before being hired as a court reporter for the Melbourne Herald.
Joining the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, he initially covered state politics.
He moved to Canberra to become ABC’s federal political correspondent for radio and television in 1979.
In the late 1980s, Cassidy was senior press secretary and political adviser to Prime Minister, Bob Hawke. He has worked as a political correspondent for ABC TV News, 7.30 Report, Sunday morning political discussion program Insiders and currently host the long-form interview program One Plus One.
Cassidy was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Quill Awards presented by the Melbourne Press Club on 15 March 2019.
Barrie Cassidy First Wife: Who was Barrie Cassidy married to?
Barrie Cassidy is married to Heather Ewart.
Heather Ewart is an Australian award-winning journalist.
She is currently the host of Back Roads.
Heather grew up on a farm in the country Victoria.
Ewart began her profession as a columnist for The Canberra Times.
In a career at ABC spanning four decades, she’s been a senior political reporter for flagship TV and radio news and current affairs programs, and a foreign correspondent posted to London, Washington and Brussels.
She is active on Twitter under the username @heatherewart1.
Barrie Cassidy and Heather Ewart married in the 1990s.
The couple has two children; Adam Cassidy and Caitlin Cassidy.