Craig Reucassel

He is an Australian television and radio comedian He is best known for being a member of satirical team The Chaser He hosted the Australian version of Balls of Steel which premiered in April 2011 Since 2013 Reucassel and fellow Chaser Julian Morrow were the main presenters on the ABC program The Checkout In 2017 Reucassel presented the fourpart ABC TV series War on Waste which focused on clothing and food waste in Australia its environmental impacts and what can be done to help reduce waste This was followed by a second series Fight For Planet A Our Climate Challenge in 2018 which focused on the use of plastics and particularly singleuse plastics such as straws Alongside publishing the program Big Weather And How To Survive It 2020 an exploration of how to survive extreme weather events Reucassel directed the twopart ABC TV series Big Deal 2021 The series presented by actor Christian Van Vuuren investigated the influence of lobbying and donations on Australias political system Reucassel was born in South Africa on 1 January 1977 and later moved to Adelaide with his parents There he attended Semaphore Park Primary School Reucassel later attended Bowral Public School and Bowral High School in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales becoming the only Chaser member to be public school educated In 1993 while attending the school he represented the school in The Sydney Morning Herald Plain English Speaking competition as did future Chaser member Julian Morrow