Kerry O'Brien is one of Australia's most respected journalists,
with six Walkley awards including the Gold Walkley and the Walkley
for outstanding leadership in journalism.
In a career spanning more than fifty years, Kerry has worked for
newspapers, television and a wire service, and as a foreign
correspondent. Thirty-three of those years were at the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation where he cut his teeth on the
trail-blazing current affairs programs This Day Tonight and Four
Corners. He was the inaugural presenter of Lateline for six years,
the editor and presenter of 7.30 for fifteen years, and the
presenter of Four Corners for five.
His acclaimed four-part interview series with Paul Keating was
broadcast on the ABC in 2013, followed by his best-selling book,
Keating, published in 2015.
O'Brien has specialised in national politics for the ABC as well as
the Seven and Ten television networks, and was a press secretary to
Labor leader Gough Whitlam. He has honorary doctorates from the
University of Queensland and the Queensland University of
Technology.
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