Matt Price (15 October 1961 – 25 November 2007) was an Australian journalist and newspaper columnist. Price was from

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and was educated at Newman College, Churchlands and the

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, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984. He worked for the ''

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'' and Perth's '' Daily News'', and covered federal politics as a member of the

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for ''

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'' newspaper, writing a regular column entitled "The Sketch" which often took a humorous view of parliamentary proceedings. He also occasionally wrote about sport. He worked in television, including stints at Channel Nine and

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, and was a regular guest on the

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program '' Insiders''. Price was an supporter of the

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, a team based in Fremantle that competes in the

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, and regularly wrote columns about them in

. Matt placed a collection of his best work together in a book entitled "Way to Go: Sadness, Euphoria and the Fremantle Dockers". In early October 2007, Price was diagnosed with multiple

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(''

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''). He died on 25 November 2007. The prime minister-elect,

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, said of his death that "I am shocked and deeply saddened by the news of Matt Price's death. He had emerged in recent years as one of the greats of the new generation of Australian journalists."Rudd pays tribute to Price
'The Herald Sun'' Price was married to Sue and had three children. His brother Richard, a barrister, is married to Senator

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Publications

Way to Go: Sadness, Euphoria and the Fremantle Dockers
(2003)Top Price: The Australian's Matt Price on Sport, Politics, Music and Life
(2008)

References

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