Our Team



David Rogers began writing about financial markets in 1987. He has worked for Standard & Poor’s, Thomson Financial, BridgeNews, Tolhurst Noall, Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. David has extensive real-time reporting experience in economics, foreign exchange, equities, commodities and bonds.

Ross Greenwood is Business Editor at Sky News Australia, leading the channel’s business and finance coverage and contributing expert insights and analysis across Sky News programs.

Timothy J. Lynch is professor of political science at the University of Melbourne. He writes on contemporary America and its intersections with Australian life. An award-winning writer, Lynch’s latest book is In the Shadow of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump. He holds a PhD in political science from Boston College, US, and was twice awarded a Fulbright scholarship. In 2022, he lived in Wyoming, America’s reddest state. He is a citizen of Australia and Great Britain and lives in rural Victoria.


Elizabeth Meryment is a senior travel, food and lifestyle writer and journalist. Based in Sydney, she has been a writer, editor, and contributor to The Australian since 2003, and has worked across titles including The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Qantas Magazine, delicious and more. Since 2022, she has edited lifestyle content for The Weekend Australian Magazine.


David Penberthy is a columnist with The Advertiser and Sunday Mail, and also co-hosts the FIVEaa Breakfast show. He’s a former editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Mail and news.com.au.






Ellen Ransley is a federal politics reporter based in the Canberra Press Gallery covering everything from international relations to Covid-19. She was previously a Queensland general news reporter for NCA NewsWire following a two-year stint in Roma, western Queensland. Ellen was named News Corp’s Young Journalist of the Year in 2020.

Jeff Kennett was premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999, served two stints as Hawthorn Football Club president and was the founding chairman of Beyond Blue.


Catie McLeod is a reporter at the NCA NewsWire covering federal politics in the Canberra Press Gallery for the News Corp mastheads in print and online. Before this she worked in the Sydney bureau where she covered general news.

Anton Nilsson covers NSW politics based in state parliament and News Corp’s Holt Street headquarters. He started as a freelancing local reporter in New York before moving back to his home country of Sweden, where he covered entertainment and then crime for the daily newspaper Expressen. A series of fortunate events brought him to Australia where he landed at NCA NewsWire after working at the Sydney bureau of the Swedish national newswire TT.



Andrew Kirton was Jacinda Ardern’s campaign manager for the 2017 election and Labour’s Party Secretary from 2016-2018. He now works in government relations for trans Tasman firm Anacta Consulting.


Terry McCrann is a journalist of distinction, a multi-award winning commentator on business and the economy. For decades Terry has led coverage of finance news and the impact of economics on the nation, writing for the Herald Sun and News Corp publications and websites around Australia.

Peta Credlin AO is a weekly columnist with The Australian, and also with News Corp Australia’s Sunday mastheads, including The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun. Since 2017, she has hosted her successful prime-time program Credlin on Sky News Australia, Monday to Thursday at 6.00pm. She’s won a Kennedy Award for her investigative journalism (2021), two News Awards (2021, 2024) and is a joint Walkley Award winner (2016) for her coverage of federal politics. For 16 years, Peta was a policy adviser to Howard government ministers in the portfolios of defence, communications, immigration, and foreign affairs. Between 2009 and 2015, she was chief of staff to Tony Abbott as Leader of the Opposition and later as Prime Minister. Peta is admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Victoria, with legal qualifications from the University of Melbourne and the Australian National University.

Dan Box is Editorial Director, Audio. Dan has previously worked for The Australian, the BBC and The Sunday Times in London. He is the journalist behind the Bowraville and Bloodguilt podcasts and the bestselling author of four books; Carry Me Home, Bowraville, I Catch Killers and Badness (the last two co-written with Gary Jubelin).

Noah Yim is a reporter at The Australian’s Canberra press gallery bureau. He previously worked out of the newspaper’s Sydney newsroom. He joined The Australian following News Corp’s 2022 cadetship program.

Dr Peter van Onselen has been the Contributing Editor at The Australian since 2009. He is also a professor of politics and public policy at the University of Western Australia and was appointed its foundation chair of journalism in 2011. Peter has been awarded a Bachelor of Arts with first class honours, a Master of Commerce, a Master of Policy Studies and a PhD in political science. Peter is the author or editor of six books, including four best sellers. His biography on John Howard was ranked by the Wall Street Journal as the best biography of 2007. Peter has won Walkley and Logie awards for his broadcast journalism and a News Award for his feature and opinion writing.



Dr Rocco Loiacono is a legal academic, writer and translator. Earlier in his career, he spent a decade practicing as a lawyer with Clayton Utz, one of Australia’s top law firms. As well as SkyNews.com.au, he regularly contributes opinion pieces, specialising in politics, freedom and the rule of law, to The Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun and The Australian.





Kate is a well-regarded journalist and editor with extensive experience across publishing roles in the UK and Australia. She is a former magazine editor and has also regularly contributed to international publications, including Forbes.com.


Kristin Shorten is an award-winning investigative journalist who began her media career at The Courier-Mail newspaper and reported for various News Corp mastheads before joining The Australian. Kristin has written, produced and directed documentaries including Voodoo Medics, The Boy in the Blue Cap and Yuendumu. She has also written, produced and hosted podcasts including Voodoo Medics, My name is Cleo and Yuendumu: The Trial. In 2019 Kristin was named West Australian Journalist of the Year for her investigation into the death of Father Joseph Tran and has twice been named West Australian Freelance Journalist of the Year for her work on the unsolved murder of Gerard Ross. In 2022 she won a News Award and NT Media Award for her reporting on the fatal police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker at Yuendumu. Contact Kristin here: shortenk@theaustralian.com.au


Warren Mundine is one of Australia’s most highly-respected and influential businessmen. He served as the National President of the Labor Party between 2006 and 2007 and has campaigned tirelessly to empower Indigenous Australians to achieve economic prosperity.



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