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He joined the Canberra press gallery in 1971 and became chief political correspondent for The Australian from 1974 to 1975.

From 1976 to 1978 he was chief political correspondent for the now-defunct Fairfax newspaper The National Times, then its deputy editor from 1978 to 1979.

He became chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald from 1981 to 1984.

He returned to The Australian and was its national affairs editor from 1985 to 1991, editor-in-chief from 1991 to 1996 and editor-at-large since 1996 to present.