Philip Dorling

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Philip Dorling
OccupationJournalist
Years active2008 – 2017
Notable credit Canberra Times

Philip Dorling is a writer and journalist who has also served as an Australian public servant and political adviser. He is a visiting fellow at the School of Humanities and Social Science, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. [1] [2]

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Political career

After successfully completing a doctorate at Flinders University in South Australia, [3] Philip Dorling joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1992. Initially employed as a historian, [4] he later took a role in policy in the Department's Conventional and Nuclear Arms Control Branch. He was responsible for Australian involvement with the Missile Technology Control Regime, the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, as well as on-site verification aspects of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty negotiations in 1995-1996. In May 1996, Dorling moved to become an advisor to Laurie Brereton, the Australian Labor Party member for the Federal seat of Kingsford Smith who at the time was serving as Labor foreign affairs spokesman. He continued in this post until 2001, and while employed in this role Dorling was "especially engaged in policy relating to Indonesia and East Timorese self-determination". [1] While working with Laurie Brereton, on 16 September 2000, (the first day after the opening of the Sydney Olympics), Dorling's home was raided by the Australian Federal Police on allegations he had leaked confidential information about East Timor to the media. [5] Described in The Sydney Morning Herald as a "political witch hunt", [5] the police were searching for copies of approximately 80 documents, [5] although no evidence was found. [6] Dorling published an account of the raid and its context in February 2012. [7] After leaving Laurie Brereton's office following the 2001 Federal election, Dorling spent two years (2002-2003) working as an advisor to Daryl Melham, the Shadow Minister for Justice and Customs, a role in which he contributed to the Labor Party's approach to counter-terrorism legislation introduced by Prime Minister John Howard's Government following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Dorling was then briefly engaged in the Tasmanian Premier's department in 2003 before moving to the Australian Capital Territory's Chief Minister's department, where he worked as a Senior Manager in the Cabinet Office until 2008. [1]

Post–politics

After leaving the Chief Minister's Department, Dorling joined The Canberra Times and worked there as National Affairs Correspondent until late 2010. He then worked as a Senior Writer for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald until June 2015. Dorling was again caught up in controversy when the Australian Federal Police raided Dorling's home on 23 September 2008, after he quoted from classified briefing papers intended for the Australian Minister for Defence, Joel Fitzgibbon. [8] [9] Police reportedly seized "several documents" as a result of their search; however no further action followed the raid. [10] Together with Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie of The Age , Dorling published in 2009 and 2010 a series of articles in Canberra Times, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald relating to Fitzgibbon's relationship with Chinese-Australian businesswoman Helen Liu. Fitzgibbon later resigned from the Defence portfolio. [11] [12]

While working for Fairfax Media he wrote mainly on national security issues and international affairs. He revealed the role of the United States - Australian Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap in providing signals intelligence support for United States drone strikes and other military operations. [13] In late 2010 and 2011 Dorling was responsible for the publication in Australia of the leaked US Embassy cables. [14] [15] [16] While working as a journalist Dorling received Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards [17] and was shortlisted for the Walkley Award for Excellence in Journalism. [18] [19]

Following his work with The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Dorling contributed to The Saturday Paper in 2015 with articles on United States espionage against Japan and Saudi influence in Australia. [20] In the first half of 2017 Dorling produced a series of research papers on Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party that were published by The Australia Institute. [21] Dorling has also served as a political adviser to South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon and Senator Rex Patrick. In June 2017 Dorling briefly returned to journalism and with Fairfax Media colleagues Baker and McKenzie published in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald a further expose of Helen's Liu's links with Chinese military intelligence officer Liu Chaoying who had been identified as a significant figure in the 1996 United States 'Chinagate' political funding scandal. [22] [23]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Visiting Fellow: Dr Philip Dorling". Humanities and Social Science: Staff Directory. University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy. 1 September 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  2. ↑ ""Philip Dorling" UNSW Canberra Directory". UNSW Canberra. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Philip Dorling, (1995), At the brink the ANZUS allies in the off-shore islands crisis, 1954-1955 ; a diplomatic history, Flinders University of South Australia, unpublished PhD thesis
  4. ↑ Dorling, Philip (1994). Diplomasi: Australia and Indonesia's Independence: Documents 1947. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN   0-644-33249-2.
  5. 1 2 3 Ramsey, Alan (20 September 2000). "The long hand of Mr Howard stretches too far". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 11.
  6. ↑ Jennett, Greg (3 April 2003). "Inquiry launched into claim of bugging Labor MP (Transcript)". Lateline . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  7. ↑ Dorling, Philip (18 February 2012). "Secrets, lies and perils of a whistleblower". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Veness, Peter (23 September 2008). "Police raid home of Canberra Times journalist Philip Dorling". Herald Sun . Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  9. ↑ Towell, Noel (23 September 2008). "Raid on journo's home 'unacceptable'". The Canberra Times . Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  10. ↑ Pearlman, Jonathan (24 September 2008). "Crackdown on journalist suggests past isn't dead". The Sydney Morning Herald .
  11. ↑ Dorling, Philip and, Baker, Richard (27 March 2009). "Minister snared in row". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 December 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ Dorling, Philip, Baker, Richard and McKenzie, Nick (3 February 2010). "Fitzgibbon's $150,000 from developer". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 December 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ Dorling, Philip (21 July 2013). "Pine Gap drives US drone kills". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  14. ↑ Dorling, Philip (11 December 2010). "A mystery, a mansion and a man of mettle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  15. ↑ Dorling, Philip (8 December 2010). "US condemns Rudd". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  16. ↑ Dorling, Philip (9 December 2018). "Arbib revealed as secret US source". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  17. ↑ Sexton, Reid (20 March 2010). "Reporter lauded for tale of survival". The Age. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  18. ↑ "Age dominates Walkley Award nominations". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  19. ↑ Walkley Foundation (24 July 2014). "Debra Jopson wins the 2014 Walkley Best Freelance Journalist of the Year Award, presented by Newzulu". Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  20. ↑ The Saturday Paper (2015). "Philip Dorling". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  21. ↑ The Australia Institute (27 January 2017). "Imported: The American far-right origins of Pauline Hanson's anti-Islam rhetoric". The Australia Institute. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  22. ↑ Dorling, Philip, Baker, Richard and McKenzie, Nick (4 June 2017). "ALP donor Helen Liu had close ties with a senior Chinese military intelligence operative". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  23. ↑ Dorling, Philip, Baker, Richard and McKenzie, Nick (4 June 2017). "CHINA'S OPERATION AUSTRALIA: The go-betweens". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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