In a rare personal interview,the host of ABC’s Insiders, the most current morning point to on Australian TV, and looks back at Hawke and Howard and says he has joined Twitter because I don’t want to be irrelevant’ It’s 5.30am on Sunday and Barrie Cassidy has already laid out the morning newspapers like tablecloth. Once upon a time the old Cassidy – the one who was a night owl,unwinding late in restaurants and bars – might still beget been “a shrimp hoarse” or else planning to doze off in the makeup chair. Instead, the new Cassidy, and who hosts the ABC’s current political program Insiders,is quiet and focused. He jots down a few notes, clears his throat. Familiar shadowy eyebrows crease together under loose silver hair.
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Source: theguardian.com