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Yikes! Something went wrong. Try again or call us on 1300 884 485 now.Craig Reucassel is an Australian writer and comedian who is best known for his work with The Chaser and for going through your bins on The War on Waste.
Craig and a group of friends founded The Chaser newspaper, which led to a number of ABC TV Chaser programs including The Election Chaser, CNNNN, The Chaser’s War on Everything, Yes We Canberra and The Hamster Wheel.
In 2017, 2018 and 2023 he presented the multi-award winning ABC TV series War on Waste. In 2020, Craig presented the ABC TV climate documentary series’ Fight for Planet A and Big Weather (and how to survive it). He was the Director of the feature documentary Big Deal: Is our democracy for sale?
He’s also appeared on ABC in The Chaser’s Media Circus, The Chaser’s Election Desk and the current series of satirical consumer affairs show The Checkout.
Craig was born in South Africa but moved to Australia at a young age. He attended Bowral Public School and Bowral High School, but despite this never became a famous cricketer. He then attended the University of Sydney, and graduated with honours in Bachelor of Economics (Social Science) and Bachelor of Laws.
At some point he also co-hosted the triple j shows Today Today, Bloody Sunday and The Race Race with fellow Chaser Chris Taylor. He has performed in David Williamson’s Jack of Hearts and Tim Firth’s Neville’s Island at The Ensemble.
Craig is married with three children. He has a cat and a dog that could do with a walk if you have any time.
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