Barrie Cassidy Barrie Cassidy i(7979036 works by)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Journalist.

Raised in Chiltern, Victoria, Cassidy began his career as a cadet at Albury's Border Mail. He has subsequently worked as political correspondent for ABC News and 7.30 and as a foreign correspondent from Washington and Brussels, as well as senior press secretary and political adviser to Prime Minister Bob Hawke. The creator and host of sports program Offsiders for eight years from 2006, he has also hosted Insiders since its inception in 2001, a role he still continues in 2018.

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y separately published work icon Private Bill : In Love and War Melbourne : Melbourne University Press , 2014 7979051 2014 single work biography

'Barrie Cassidy's dad Bill survived more than four years as a prisoner of war in World War II. He first saw conflict on Crete in May 1941, during the only large-scale parachute invasion in wartime history. Just four days later, Bill was wounded and eventually captured.

'Twice he tried to escape his internment—with horrific consequences. He suffered greatly but found courageous support from his fellow prisoners.

'His new wife Myra and his large family thought he was dead until news of his capture finally reached them.

'Back home, Myra too was a prisoner of sorts, with her own secrets. Then, fifty years after the war, unhealed wounds unexpectedly opened for Bill and Myra, testing them once again.

'Private Bill is a classic heart-warming story—as told by their son—of how a loving couple prevailed over the adversities of war to live an extraordinarily ordinary, happy life.' (Publication summary)

2015 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-Fiction
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