Leigh McClusky
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Leigh Carol McClusky is an
Career
She started her career as a cadet reporter for the
In 1992 McClusky moved to Adelaide to present the ABC's The 7.30 Report, which at that time was state-based.
When the program became national in 1995, Kerry O'Brien took the role of presenting the program. McClusky then moved to Channel Seven where she started hosting the new state-based current affairs program Today Tonight, where she remained the anchor ever since the program started until August 2007.
Personal life
McClusky gave birth to a son, Murdoch, in 2002 and a daughter, Sigourney, in 2006.
On 6 July 2007 McClusky made the announcement that she was going to leave Today Tonight as she was expecting twins, and will not return. It was speculated that the relief presenter Rosanna Mangiarelli would take over her role, which was confirmed by Seven on Sunday, 15 July 2007.[2]
On 17 August, McClusky anchored her final show which concluded with members of the TT and 7 News teams, plus her husband (Simon Haigh owner of Haigh's Chocolates) and children joining her on set. The following December she gave birth to twins: a boy, Jock, and a girl, Tansy.
McClusky has now started her own media and public relations business called McCo Group (formerly McClusky & Co) in Adelaide.
References
- ^ Knight, David (10 May 2013). "Off Topic: Leigh McClusky". The Adelaide Review. Adelaide Review. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Leigh leaves TT on a high". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2007.