Phillip Coorey is an Australian

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, currently serving as the political editor for ''

The Australian Financial Review The ''Australian Financial Review'' (''AFR'') is an Australian compact daily newspaper with a focus on business, politics and economic affairs. The newspaper is based in Sydney, New South Wales, and has been published continuously since its foun ...

''. Coorey has covered

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since 1998, beginning as political correspondent for '' The Advertiser''. In 2003, he spent two years as a New York correspondent for

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, before returning to Canberra as the political editor of ''The Advertiser''. He became chief political correspondent at

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's ''

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuous ...

'' in 2006. During his seven years at the paper, he gained a reputation for being a journalist with key contacts on both sides of politics, who breaks major political stories. He won the Paul Lyneham Award for

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excellence in 2012 and again in 2013. In 2012, Coorey defected to sister newspaper ''The Australian Financial Review''. Coorey has appeared on political panel television programs such as '' Insiders'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Coorey is married to Fleur Anderson, a fellow journalist at ''The Australian Financial Review''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coorey, Phil Living people Australian political journalists Year of birth missing (living people) The Sydney Morning Herald people