Paul Murphy (Australian journalist)

Paul Murphy AM (1942/1943 – 20 October 2020) was an Australian political journalist and radio and television presenter. He presented the ABC's afternoon radio current affairs program PM from 1983 to 1993.^[1]

Murphy was a regular guest on This Sporting Life. He was the first host of the SBS-TV current affairs program Dateline, and presented the program for a decade.

In the 1994 Australia Day Honours Murphy was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to public broadcasting and to journalism".^[2]

Murphy died from cancer on 20 October 2020, aged 77.^[3]

References

↑ 40th Anniversary of ABC PM program Archived 5 August 2012 at Archive.today
↑ "Paul Murphy". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
↑ Meade, Amanda (2020-10-20). "Paul Murphy, venerated ABC and SBS journalist, dies aged 77". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-10-20.

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[1] 40th Anniversary of ABC PM program Archived 5 August 2012 at Archive.today

[2] "Paul Murphy". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-07-14.

[3] Meade, Amanda (2020-10-20). "Paul Murphy, venerated ABC and SBS journalist, dies aged 77". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-10-20.

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