Tony Moclair (born 4 September 1969 in Cork, Ireland) is an Australian comedy actor, writer, performer and radio broadcaster.
The segment attempted to display the contrasting political views between the conservative Australian Howard government, and the majority of the Left wing government-funded Triple J radio station.
Along with Rachel Berger, Moclair hosted breakfast on ABC Radio Melbourne over the 2007/2008 Summer and also appeared on Conversation Hour with Jon Faine.
Previous to the Hot Breakfast commencing, Moclair worked on the Pete and Myf show following the death of Richard Marsland.
Moclair did not appear on air as himself but rather as one of many regular characters such as Tom Cruise, Colin the Taxi Driver and Clem, the show's oldest listener.
In 2011, Moclair began appearing on 3AW on The Weekend Break replacing Sam Pang on the segment 'The Sunday Roast' withJohn Origlasso.
On 10 January 2020 it was announced via a Facebook post that Moclair would not return to Australia Overnight in 2020 and the program would be replaced with a networked show from Sydney hosted by Michael McLaren.
[7][8] Moclair made appearances on the ABC's The Einstein Factor as part of the Brains Trust as well as a contestant on Joker Poker on Channel 10.
Moclair had a role in Season 3 of The Librarians as Bingo, and he made a small guest appearance in Upper Middle Bogan, in Episode 4.