 On 28 January 2016, Speers began hosting a new weekly Sky News format "Speers Tonight" from Canberra.Speers was chosen to moderate the leaders' debate between John Howard and Kevin Rudd for the 2007 Australian federal election and again in the 2010 Australian federal election between Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, as well as the 2013 Australian federal election between Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott.Speers also wrote regularly for financial website Switzer.