Dennis Shanahan is a political editor of ''

The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...

'', a newspaper in Australia. Shanahan has been a journalist at major newspapers for "almost forty years".Dennis Shanahan
at ''The Australians website. (Retrieved 4 Dec 2012) He covered NSW politics for ''

the Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper ...

'' in the 1980s before joining ''The Australian''. He led the paper's Canberra Bureau for 10 years before becoming the paper's political editor, a position he has held for 11 years. He is the father of Australian author and columnist

Brendan Shanahan Brendan Frederick Shanahan (born January 23, 1969) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player who currently serves as the president and alternate governor for the Toronto Maple Leafs, having previously served as the direct ...

. He is a right winged commentator who makes regular appearances on Sky News. In 2007, he was criticised by continuing to believe and tell readers that John Howard would win the election. Howard was beaten by a landslide and lost his own seat of Bennelong.

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