Christian Gregory Kerr (24 March 1965 – 1 December 2021) was an Australian conservative political staffer turned political commentator, a co-founder of the online news service

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and journalist and columnist for ''

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''. Kerr was born in 1965. He worked as a staffer to Howard government cabinet members Robert Hill,

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and former South Australian Premier

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and corporate relations manager for construction giant Baulderstone Hornibrook. He authored Crikey's "Hillary Bray" column (named after an identity used by James Bond) before starting to write under his own name from mid-2004. In 2008 he joined

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's ''

''. Kerr was a columnist for the publication of an Australian conservative think-tank

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Review; a contributing editor to the Australian edition of ''

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''; and a regular guest on

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's Late Night Live with

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, ABC News Radio,

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News Breakfast, ABC News Radio and radio stations 774, 2GB and 5AA. Kerr has also been a guest on the

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and

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and commercial and ABC radio in all Australian capital cities, as well as regional centres. He was also a contributor to '' GQ'', ''

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'' and '' Quadrant'' magazines, ''

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'' and ''

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'' and the Adelaide '' Sunday Mail''; a columnist for

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's suburban papers and has appeared on the '' 7:30 Report'', the ''7PM Project'', Channel 9's ''Sunday'' program and ''

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''. Kerr died in December 2021, at the age of 56.

References

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Christian Kerr predicts 2013 Australian election
1965 births 2021 deaths Australian political journalists {{Improve categories, date=December 2021