Insiders begins new chapter from Canberra studio

“Plenty of political history in this studio,” David Speers told viewers yesterday as Insiders broadcast its first show from Canberra studios in Northbourne.

According to The Australian virtually the entire set was taken from Melbourne to Canberra by truck.

As soon as Insiders’ last Melbourne show wrapped up just over a fortnight ago, the entire set was disassembled and loaded on to three separate trucks, before being slowly driven to Melbourne. It was then reassembled in its new Canberra home.

While this was done, the ABC had a special, one-off edition of Insiders from the National Press Club in Canberra.

With the set now transplanted in full, the only change has been to alter the background image from the Melbourne skyline to Parliament House.

Guardian Australia also reported two new automatic cameras have been purchased for the ABC’s Northbourne studio .

Insiders filmed for 21 years in Melbourne.

Today is #Insiders first show in its new Canberra studio – and there's a lot of history in the room.

David Speers shares a snippet of the special connection it has to #auspol pic.twitter.com/M7iCWTJ9BF

— ABC News (@abcnews) July 8, 2023