Michael Smyth is an Australian journalist and broadcaster based in Adelaide, South Australia.
Smyth was a reporter and newsreader with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in its Adelaide newsroom for almost 12 years.
In October that year it was announced that Smyth's contract would not be renewed, as part of cost-cutting measures by then station owner WIN TV.
[1] In early 2012 Smyth returned to the ABC as host of the 891 ABC Adelaide Drive program, where he picked up a number of awards, including for breaking the story of Adelaide Zoo's controversial deal with Street's ice cream, which contravened its long-held policy against the use of palm oil.
[2] Smyth told InDaily that he had planned to continue with the ABC and that his sacking had been "quite a surprise, it’s fair to say" when informed of the decision by station manager Graeme Bennett.