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Alan Kohler will step down from the ABC in December after nearly three decades as a business and economics correspondent. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and ABC leadership praised his clear, engaging explanations of complex economic issues and said they expect him to remain connected to the broadcaster through future projects and economic commentary.
ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler to retire after three decades as Jim Chalmers says he will be ‘really missed’Financial journalist Alan Kohler, a familiar face on the ABC’s 7pm news bulletin, will retire in December after three decades as the public broadcaster’s highly respected financial guru.
Now 74, Kohler has been presenting finance, complete with idiosyncratic graphs, on the ABC for almost a quarter of a century, signing off each evening since 2002 with the catchphrase: “And that’s finance”.
“I find it very hard to imagine this wonderful place not being part of my life, but I’m 74 and it’s time to spend more time with my family, including the six grandchildren. ”The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, led the tributes, saying Kohler’s contribution has been immense and his finance reports will be “really missed from ABC and from the TV screens in suburbs right around Australia”.
“He’s always done a wonderful job, boiling down some of the difficult and complex interactions in our economy,” Chalmers said in Sydney. “So I’ve had an exchange with Alan since his retirement from the ABC was announced. I wanted to take the opportunity publicly to say how much he will be missed from the ABC. I hope and expect that he’ll continue to make a contribution to economic commentary in this country.
His contribution has been immense and I hope that it continues in one way or another and I expect that it will. ”Kohler joined the ABC in 1995 as business and economics correspondent for the 7.30 Report after editing the Age and the Australian Financial Review.
“For decades, he has helped Australians make sense of complex issues with insight, clarity and a uniquely engaging style, always delivered with warmth, humour and that trademark cheeky grin,” Marks said. The broadcaster’s new news director, Simon Robinson, said Kohler would remain connected to the ABC with future ideas and projects.
“We’ll have much more to say about Alan and his remarkable contribution closer to his departure date,” Robinson said. “We’ll also be tackling the difficult task of selecting his successor on the 7pm bulletin and will make that announcement in coming weeks. ”Economist Stephen Koukoulas said Kohler had made a huge contribution to economics, policy and markets and was a “thoroughly fabulous chap”.
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