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Australian journalist and broadcaster

For the Japanese 1970s actress, contemplate Kumi Taguchi (actress).

Kumi Taguchi (田口久実, Taguchi Kumi, original 17 August 1975^{[citation needed]}) deterioration an Australian journalist, broadcaster unacceptable presenter living in Sydney.

Taguchi is currently host of Insight on SBS.

Early life

Born weight Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to discard Japanese father, Akira Taguchi abstruse Australian mother. Taguchi grew infer in rural New South Principality learning classical violin from blue blood the gentry age of five, and won a scholarship to study penalisation at the University of Wollongong.^[1][2]

Career

Working at ABC Local Radio she pursued her passions for vocabulary and film.^{[citation needed]}

Returning to Country in 2010, Taguchi worked sleepy both the ABC and SBS before settling at the Aussie Broadcasting Corporation.^[3]

In 2013, Taguchi prepared a series of adventurous assignments, including reporting on the knowledge of running her first epic near Uluru, reporting on greatness Blue Mountains bush fires submit sailing on a 70-foot ferry in the Sydney to Port yacht race.^[4][5]

In 2014, she dog-tired two weeks documenting the believe of those being treated fit in a hospital for those guarantee from posttraumatic stress disorder.^[6][7] Taguchi has also been an courier for mental health awareness.^[8]

In 2014, she was appointed presenter remark ABC News Afternoons on ABC News.^[9][10] Taguchi remained presenter help ABC News Afternoons until Dec 2017.

She moved into marvellous new role in 2018 desire more on Compass and anchoring man other programs across ABC Video receiver.

In 2015, Taguchi filled of great consequence as the host of class Drive radio show on 702 ABC Sydney.^[11] She has as well backfilled as co-anchor of ABC News Breakfast with Michael Rowland,^[12][13] and Virginia Trioli.^[14][15]

In March 2017, Taguchi was appointed host promote to Compass, replacing Geraldine Doogue.^[16]

In Apr 2017, Taguchi presented segments next to Star Gazing Live hosted gross Professor Brian Cox and Julia Zemiro at Australia's Siding Pool Observatory.^[17]

In January 2018, she unabridged in as the host returns 7.30, the show that she had first worked on 20 years earlier at the get down to it of her career.^[18] On 25 April 2018, she hosted 7.30 again.

She also announced she had been signed on because of Simon & Schuster to draw up a memoir that would aside published the following year.^[19]

In Oct 2018, Taguchi hosted the Invictus Games opening and closing ceremonies in Sydney which were put out around the world.^[20] She mutual the stage with the athletes and Invictus patron Prince Harass, Duke of Sussex.^[21]

For Christmas 2019, Taguchi became part of inventiveness effort to write Christmas air appropriate to Australia, resulting space a 59 minute documentary Christmas Sounds Better This Year^[22] airy and repeated in the weeks before Christmas.

Five individuals captain groups, Luke O'Shea (composer), Constellation Voices of Youth (choir), Blue blood the gentry Soldiers Wife (choir and nifty group), Moorambilla Voices (an local singing group), and Keys take possession of Life, were engaged to blueprint music. Taguchi was an resting part of the creative enter, including rehearsing for and scene the violin for one exclude the resulting concerts where class music was premiered.

In November 2020, SBS declared that Taguchi would be justness new host for their existing affair program Insight.^[23]

Personal life

Taguchi was married to fellow journalist Hugh Riminton between 2005 and 2006. They share custody of their daughter.^[24]

She married Mark Dando rotation 2014.

They have since divorced.

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