Malcolm Farr

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Malcolm Farr
Born (1951-08-02) 2 August 1951 (age 72)
OccupationJournalist
NationalityAustralian
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Malcolm Farr (born 2 August 1951 [1] ) is a political journalist in the Canberra Press Gallery covering the Parliament of Australia in Canberra, Australia.

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Work

Based in Canberra, Farr was the National Political Editor for News.com.au and contributing writer to The Punch . Most recently he was writing for The Guardian Australia to October 2022. [2]

He has worked for a number of Australian publications including The Daily Telegraph , The Daily Mirror , Brisbane Sun and The Australian .

Farr regularly appeared on political current affairs programs Meet the Press on Network Ten, and ABC TV's Insiders . [3]

Farr also served as President of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery [4] until 2005.

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References

  1. Farr, Malcolm (2 August 2011), "Secret men's business: Australian men at 60", Women's Weekly, retrieved 1 April 2016
  2. Farr, Malcolm (1 October 2022). "Malcolm Farr: index of articles". The Guardian Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. Insiders, Australian Broadcasting Commission, archived from the original on 26 March 2016
  4. Bolt, Andrew (17 August 2007). "Much ado about nothing at dinner with Costello".