''Inside Business'' is an Australian television program that was broadcast on

ABC1 ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship (broadcasting), flagship ABC Television (Australian TV network), A ...

. Making its debut on 4 August 2002, it presented analysis of the financial world, including the Australian share market, business activities and the broader economy. The program aired at on Sunday mornings following '' Insiders,'' and was hosted by

Alan Kohler Alan Robert Kohler is an Australian financial journalist, television personality, and former newspaper editor. He is known for presenting the finance segment on the news on ABC Television, and as the founder of ''The Constant Investor'', a fo ...

. He also conducted interviews with members of the business community, profiled emerging businesses and entrepreneurs, and often presented his own commentary at the end of the program. Neheda Barakat was the show's founding executive producer between June 2002 and June 2004. The show switched from reporting to a talk show format similar to '' Insiders'' on 5 February 2012. The show was criticized by fellow ABC network program '' Media Watch'' for providing uncritical promotion of a floral company on its profile segment, a claim which the program denied. The issue is particularly pertinent as the ABC network carries no advertising. The show was also repeated on weekday mornings at 8:00 am on ABC2 The show was cancelled by the ABC as from the end of the 2013 season, after Kohler announced his retirement from the show due to his wish to lessen his workload.

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# No episode was broadcast on 20 April 2003 as it was

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Sunday. # No episode was broadcast on 12 October 2003 due to a special two-hour edition of '' Insiders'' covering the one-year anniversary of the

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. # No episode was broadcast on 11 April 2004 as it was Easter Sunday. # No episode was broadcast on 25 April 2004 as it was

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. # No episode was broadcast on 27 March 2005 as it was Easter Sunday. # No episode was broadcast on 16 April 2006 as it was Easter Sunday. # No episode was broadcast on 8 April 2007 as it was Easter Sunday.

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