Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly (born 11 October 1947) is a New Zealand-born Australian political journalist, member of the Canberra Press Gallery and historian. He has worked in a variety of roles, and is currently "editor-at-large" for The Australian, an Australian national newspaper. He was previously described as the "Editor-in-chief" of that paper. He has also written several books on the political events of the 1970s and 1980s. His books about the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975 are regarded by many as the definitive accounts of the crisis.

He was formerly married to the Labor politician Ros Kelly. She retained her married surname Kelly even after divorcing Paul Kelly and marrying David Morgan.

Books

• "The Unmaking of Gough" 1976 (Republished as "The Dismissal" in 1983)
• "The Hawke Ascendancy" (1984)
• "The End of Certainty" (1992)
• "November 1975" (1995)
• "Paradise Divided" (2000)

Awards

• Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year (1990)
• Walkley award winner for journalistic excellence (2001)

Quotes

"It seems to me in Australia at the moment we are undergoing a profoundly anti-intellectual period." (from a speech in December 2001)

External links

• Biography at The Australian
• December 2001 Speech (PDF) about Australian journalism and anti-intellectualism
• Profile at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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