Fran Kelly hosts ABC Radio National’s agenda-setting Breakfast program. A respected current affairs journalist and political correspondent, Fran has her roots in music, singing for several bands in the 1970s, notably all-girl new wave band, Toxic Shoc. She later moved to radio full time, first with triple j and then on ABC Radio’s flagship current affairs programs AM and PM. Fran spent 10 years in the Canberra press gallery, including two years as political editor for ABC TV’s 7.30 Report. Following a stint as the ABC’s Europe correspondent, she returned home in 2005 to host Breakfast.