Kerry O'Brien

Kerry O'Brien

Kerry O’Brien is a prominent Australian journalist and author whose long career includes 28 years as a national current affairs television presenter and interviewer. He has specialised in politics, but has also built a strong base in economics and business journalism, as well as investigative reporting. He has interviewed presidents and prime ministers across the world. Kerry has worked for every free to air television network, but has spent more than 30 years in public broadcasting. He cut his teeth on trail-blazing ABC current affairs programs like This Day Tonight, and Four Corners, and was the first presenter of the ground-breaking late night news analysis program, Lateline. He was also Editor and Presenter of the National 7.30 Report for 15 years. He has written two books - Keating, on former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, and more recently Kerry O’Brien, A Memoir, focussing on the social and political upheavals he has witnessed in half a century of journalism. Over decades he has also built a strong body of conference work as a speaker, moderator and interviewer.

  • Popularity : 0.632
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1945-08-27
  • Place of Birth : Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Kerry O'Brien Movies

  • 2014
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    Being Me

    Being Me

    1 2014 HD

    Candid interviews with transgender youths like 10 year old Isabelle Langley take us into the world of young people who feel like their true gender is...

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  • 1961
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    Four Corners

    Four Corners

    7.8 1961 HD

    Four Corners is Australia's longest-running investigative journalism/current affairs television program. Broadcast on ABC1 in Australia, it premiered...

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  • 2013
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    Keating: The Interviews

    Keating: The Interviews

    1 2013 HD

    Candid interview series with Kerry O'Brien revealing the forces that shaped Paul Keating's ambitions, and some of the inside stories from Australian...

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  • 2008
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    Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

    2.8 2008 HD

    Australian celebrities play detective as they go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past. Along the way there will be...

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  • 2008
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    Q&A

    Q&A

    3.8 2008 HD

    Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about...

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