Phillip Coorey is an Australian journalist, currently serving as the political editor for The Australian Financial Review.
Phil Coorey | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Employer | The Australian Financial Review |
| Awards | Paul Lyneham Award (2012) |
Coorey has covered federal politics since 1998, beginning as political correspondent for The Advertiser. In 2003, he spent two years as a New York correspondent for News Corp Australia, before returning to Canberra as the political editor of The Advertiser.[1]
He became chief political correspondent at Fairfax Media's The Sydney Morning Herald 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.[2] He won the Paul Lyneham Award for Canberra press gallery excellence in 2012 and again in 2013.[3] In 2012, Coorey defected to sister newspaper The Australian Financial Review.[4]
Coorey also regularly appears on political panel television programs such as Insiders and Speers Tonight.[2]
Personal life
Coorey is married to Fleur Anderson, a fellow journalist at The Australian Financial Review.[5][6]