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Kerry O'Brien's Biography
Over
40 years, Kerry O'Brien has worked in newspapers, wire service and television
news and current affairs, as a general reporter, feature writer, political and
foreign correspondent, interviewer and compere.
Born
in Queensland, Kerry O'Brien started as a new cadet with Channel Nine in
Brisbane in 1966. His career highlights include a stint as AAP-Reuter
Correspondent in Papua-New Guinea (1969-70), three years as a senior reporter
with This Day Tonight in the early seventies, and two years with Four Corners
from 1975-77 and again in 1985-86. He had three years as a press secretary,
first for Labor leader Gough Whitlam in 1977 and then in the post-Whitlam era,
with Deputy Labor leader, Lionel Bowen.
In
1983-84 Kerry O'Brien was the Seven Network's first North American
Correspondent, in 1988-89 Ten Network's Political Editor, and for six years he
was the compere/interviewer of the ABC's highly-respected Lateline program. In
1994-95 he also wrote a weekly national affairs column for Time Magazine.
From
December 1995 until December 2010, Kerry O'Brien was editor and host of The
7.30 Report, the ABC's flagship current affairs program.
Since
2011, Kerry has been presenter and interviewer for the ABC's flagship
investigative program, Four Corners. Four Corners has been on Australian
television for half a century and returned to its original, hosted format with
Kerry's arrival. He also anchors ABC TV's election night telecasts and moderated
the controversial 1993 election campaign debates.
Over
the years Kerry O'Brien has covered a variety of issues and events including
various election campaigns, the Whitlam dismissal, the 1984 U.S. Presidential
election, the Grenada invasion, the Marcos Coup in the Philippines, Australia's
historic win in the 1984 America's Cup, the attempted Gorbachev Coup in Russia,
and many others.
For
Lateline, Kerry O'Brien interviewed numerous world leaders including Nelson
Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Gorbachev and a diverse range of other top
international figures including General Colin Powell.