Paul Kelly

About The Author

Paul Kelly is editor-at-large and a former editor-in-chief of The Australian. He writes on Australian politics, policy, history and international relations, and has covered every prime minister from Gough Whitlam to Anthony Albanese. He has written or co-authored twelve books on our politics and history.

Kelly is a regular television commentator. He has been a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a visiting fellow at Kings' College London and a fellow at the Lowy Institute in Sydney. He has a doctorate from the University of Melbourne and is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.

Books by Paul Kelly

The Twilight of Exceptionalism

The Liberal and Conservative Era

By Paul Kelly

The Twilight of Exceptionalism is the third in Paul Kelly's masterful trilogy on modern Australian politics, following The March of Patriots (2009) and Triumph and Demise (2014).

It charts the most turbulent era of Liberal and conservative politics since Sir Robert Menzies formed...

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The March of Patriots

The Struggle for Modern Australia

By Paul Kelly

The March of Patriots is the inside story of how Paul Keating and John Howard changed Australia. It sees Keating and Howard as conviction politicians, tribal warriors and national interest patriots.

Divided by belief, temperament and party, they were united by generation, city and...

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