Paul Kelly (journalist)

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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.^{[citation needed]}

He was Chief Political Correspondent with The Australian from 1974 to 1975, Chief Political Correspondent with The National Times from 1976 to 1978, Deputy Editor of The National Times from 1978 to 1979 and Chief Political Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald from 1981 to 1984. He was national affairs Editor of The Australian from 1985 to 1991, and Editor in Chief from 1991 to 1996.^[1]

He has a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Education from the University of Sydney, and worked for the Australian government before switching to journalism. 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.