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ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler to retire after three decades as Jim Chalmers says he will be ‘really missed’

Global Published 30 September 2026, 08:28 · archived 30 Sep 2026

The 74-year-old says he is leaving to spend more time with his family, including his six grandchildrenFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereFinancial 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 tha...

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