Phillip Coorey is an Australian

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, currently serving as the political editor for '' The Australian Financial Review''. 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

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, before returning to Canberra as the political editor of ''The Advertiser''. He became chief political correspondent at

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's ''

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'' 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. He won the Paul Lyneham Award for

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excellence in 2012 and again in 2013. In 2012, Coorey defected to sister newspaper ''The Australian Financial Review''. Coorey also regularly appears on political panel television programs such as '' Insiders'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Coorey is married to Fleur Anderson, a fellow journalist at ''The Australian Financial Review''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coorey, Phil Living people Australian political journalists Year of birth missing (living people) The Sydney Morning Herald people