David Speers is an Australian journalist and the political editor at Sky News Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour Cable and Satellite news channel available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television He worked with the Macquarie Radio Network, including the station 2GB, and the Southern Cross radio network, including stations 2UE and 3AW, before joining Sky in 2000. Macquarie Radio Network is the name of the company that owns and operates 2GB and 2CH in Sydney 2GB is a commercial Radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 KHz, AM. Southern Cross Broadcasting (Australia Limited ( was a diversified Australian media company, that owned and operated a variety of media businesses 2UE is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by Fairfax Media. 3AW is a Radio station in Melbourne, Australia on 693 KHz AM. [1] He has been a member of the National Press Club board since 2005. The National Press Club is an association of primarily news Journalists but also includes academics business people and members of the public service and is based in Canberra [2] In 2006, he was awarded with the Astra Award for "Most Outstanding Performance by a Presenter for Political Editor", as host of the regular Sky News current affairs program, Agenda. The ASTRA Awards are the Australian Subscription television industry awards which have been presented annually since 2003. [3] He again won the award for best presenter in 2007. The 5th Annual ASTRA Awards were presented on Monday 23 April 2007 at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney. [4] He was chosen to moderate the leaders' debate between John Howard and Kevin Rudd for the 2007 Australian Federal Election. See also Howard Government John Winston Howard AC (born 26 July 1939 was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957 is the 26th and current Prime Minister of Australia and federal leader of the Centre-left Australian Labor Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 [5]