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Dennis Shanahan | |
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| Occupation | Newspaper editor |
| Known for | criticised for telling readers that John Howard would win the 2007, which he lost in a landslide |
| Notable work | political editor of The Australian |
| Children | Brendan Shanahan (author) |
Dennis Shanahan is a political editor of The Australian , a newspaper in Australia.
Shanahan has been a journalist at major newspapers for "almost forty years". [1] He covered NSW politics for the Sydney Morning Herald in the 1980s before joining The Australian. He led the paper's Canberra Bureau for 10 years before becoming the paper's political editor, a position he has held for 11 years. [1]
He is the father of Australian author and columnist Brendan Shanahan.
In 2007, he was criticised by continuing to believe and tell readers that John Howard would win the election.[ original research? ] Howard was beaten by a landslide including his own seat of Bennelong.
