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Leigh McClusky is an Australian journalist and presenter who works for Channel 7
Channel 7

Channel 7 may refer to:*Channel 7 , the musician previously known as 7 Aurelius.*Seven Network, an Australian television network,*Channel 7 Television, an independent local station in North and North East Lincolnshire, England....
 in Adelaide
SAS-7

SAS is a television station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is part of the Australian Seven Network.SAS-7 was originally known as SAS-10, commencing broadcasting on 26 July 1965....
. She held the role of presenter of Today Tonight South Australia
Today Tonight

Today Tonight is an Australian tabloid current affairs program, produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at in direct competition with rival Nine Network program A Current Affair....
 from 30 January 1995 to 17 August 2007.

She started her career as a cadet reporter for the Melbourne Herald in 1979. Since then she has worked throughout the Australian media. Leigh was also a feature writer for the Australian Associated Press
Australian Associated Press

Australian Associated Press is Australia's national news agency. The organisation was established in 1935.AAP employs more than 175 journalists who work in bureaux in all Australian states and territories....
, as well as a researcher and reporter for the ABC program The Investigators
The Investigators

The Investigators was a children's science program on Channel 4 in Great Britain. It showed various interesting experiments from how to blow a balloon up with yeast to building bridges....
.






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Leigh McClusky is an Australian journalist and presenter who works for Channel 7
Channel 7

Channel 7 may refer to:*Channel 7 , the musician previously known as 7 Aurelius.*Seven Network, an Australian television network,*Channel 7 Television, an independent local station in North and North East Lincolnshire, England....
 in Adelaide
SAS-7

SAS is a television station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is part of the Australian Seven Network.SAS-7 was originally known as SAS-10, commencing broadcasting on 26 July 1965....
. She held the role of presenter of Today Tonight South Australia
Today Tonight

Today Tonight is an Australian tabloid current affairs program, produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at in direct competition with rival Nine Network program A Current Affair....
 from 30 January 1995 to 17 August 2007.

She started her career as a cadet reporter for the Melbourne Herald in 1979. Since then she has worked throughout the Australian media. Leigh was also a feature writer for the Australian Associated Press
Australian Associated Press

Australian Associated Press is Australia's national news agency. The organisation was established in 1935.AAP employs more than 175 journalists who work in bureaux in all Australian states and territories....
, as well as a researcher and reporter for the ABC program The Investigators
The Investigators

The Investigators was a children's science program on Channel 4 in Great Britain. It showed various interesting experiments from how to blow a balloon up with yeast to building bridges....
. She has also worked on country newspapers and spent two years reporting with Channel Nine's
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 A Current Affair.

In 1992 Leigh moved to Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
 to present the ABC's
ABC TV

ABC1 is a national public broadcasting Television broadcasting in Australia in Australia. Launched on November 5, 1956, it is the responsibility of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Television, and is available nationally....
 The 7.30 Report
The 7.30 Report

The 7.30 Report is an Australian nightly television current affairs program, shown on ABC1 at , Mondays-Thursdays. Its sister program, Stateline is shown at the same time on Friday nights....
, which at that time was state-based.

When the program became national in 1995, Kerry O'Brien
Kerry O'Brien

The name Kerry O'Brien may refer to:* Kerry O'Brien , an Australian journalist* Kerry O'Brien , an Australian politician* Kerry O'Brien , a former Australian athlete...
 took the role of presenting the program. Leigh then moved to Channel Seven where she started hosting the new state-based current affairs
Current affairs

Current affairs is*Current affairs : a genre of broadcast journalism* an approximate synonym for...
 program Today Tonight
Today Tonight

Today Tonight is an Australian tabloid current affairs program, produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at in direct competition with rival Nine Network program A Current Affair....
, where she remained the anchor ever since the program started until August 2007.

Since March 2001 Leigh has taken Today Tonight South Australia's
Today Tonight

Today Tonight is an Australian tabloid current affairs program, produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at in direct competition with rival Nine Network program A Current Affair....
 ratings above A Current Affair which is produced nationally.

Leigh gave birth to a son, Murdoch, in 2002 and a daughter, Sigourney, in 2006.

On 6 July 2007 Leigh made the announcement that she was going to leave Today Tonight
Today Tonight

Today Tonight is an Australian tabloid current affairs program, produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at in direct competition with rival Nine Network program A Current Affair....
 as she was expecting twins, and will not return. It was speculated that the relief presenter Rosanna Mangiarelli
Rosanna Mangiarelli

Rosanna Mangiarelli is an Australian journalist and presenter who works for Channel 7 in SAS-7. She is the main anchor for local public affairs program Today Tonight....
 will take over her role, which was confirmed by Seven on Sunday, July 15 2007.

On August 17, Leigh anchored her final show which concluded with members of the TT and 7 News teams, plus her husband and children joining her on set. The following December she gave bith to twins, a boy, Joch, and a girl, Tawney.

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