''Insight'' is a current affairs television programme with a live participating audience, broadcast on the SBS network. Each programme covers a single issue and has studio guests participating in the discussion.

History

Debuting in 1995, ''Insight'' started out as a national domestic current affairs program dealing primarily with Australian issues, while ''

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'' covered international ones. It was hosted from 1999 until 2001 by Gael Jennings. After that, Jenny Brockie, coming from the

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, began to host the programme. Soon thereafter, the format was transformed to "a discussion forum focusing on a single issue with the participation of a studio audience". In the course of the programme, there are sometimes live satellite links to experts from around the globe, but the main focus in recent times () is on the studio guests who talk about their personal experience of various issues, with contributions by selected audience members. Recent episodes have focused on more personal issues and challenges faced by ordinary people. Topics have included Indigenous issues,

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people, etc. Jenny Brockie quit the programme in October 2020, with no immediate announcement of a new host for 2021, although it has been stated that the show will continue. In November 2020, Kumi Taguchi was named as the new host of ''Insight''. Janice Peterson,

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, Alice Matthews and

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are fill-in presenters.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Insight (Australian Tv Program) Australian television news shows Special Broadcasting Service original programming 1995 Australian television series debuts 2000s Australian television series 2010s Australian television series