Paul Kelly

Who is Paul Kelly?

Paul John Kelly is an Australian political journalist and historian from Sydney. He has worked in a variety of roles, principally for The Australian newspaper, and is currently its Editor-at-large. He has written several books on political events since the 1970s including on the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. His latest book, The March of Patriots, chronicles the creation of a modern Australia during the 1991–2007 era of Prime Ministers, Paul Keating and John Howard. Kelly is a political commentator on radio and television and presented the Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV documentary series, 100 Years – The Australian Story and wrote a book of the same title.

In 2006, Kelly's work was described by fellow Australian journalists, Toby Creswell and Samantha Trenoweth, "[It] is distinguished for his broad and deep grasp of the inter-relationship of economics and political shifts, and his ability to place Australian domestic developments into an international and historical context".