Sean Murphy is an Australian journalist. He was born in

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in 1961. He was brought up on

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where his parents owned a pub. He began working in journalism in 1979, when he worked for the '' Sunday Independent'' in

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. He subsequently moved to the

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. He is currently a producer for ABC Television's ''

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'' program since 2002. He is married, lives in Sydney and has two children.

References

* '' Men at Birth'', David Vernon,

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, Canberra, 2006, p183 Living people Australian journalists Writers from Perth, Western Australia Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-journalist-stub