Annabel Crabb
Encyclopedia
Annabel Crabb is an Australian political journalist
and commentator who is currently the ABC's
chief online political writer. Previously she has worked for Adelaide's The Advertiser, The Sydney Morning Herald
, The Age
, the Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald
, and won a Walkley Award in 2009 for her Quarterly Essay
, 'Stop At Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull'. In addition, she has authored two books covering events within the Australian Labor Party
.
graduating with a Bachelor of Arts
and a Bachelor of Laws
and briefly became involved in student politics, holding the position of Women's Officer at the University's Student Association
.
Three years later Crabb travelled to the United Kingdom and spent several years there working as the London correspondent for the Sunday Age and Sun-Herald, and acting as an occasional and largely non-political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. During this time she wrote her first book, Losing It: The Inside Story of the Labor Party in Opposition.
She returned to Australia in 2007 and started work as a senior writer and political columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, and until recently, Crabb's opinion pieces featured in a regular column in the publication. During this time, Crabb served as a commentator for the ABC's coverage of the 2007 Australian federal election.
In 2009 her Quarterly Essay, entitled "Stop At Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull", won a Walkley Award for best magazine feature writing.
Crabb resigned from her job with The Sydney Morning Herald in November 2009 to take up a position with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
, working as their chief online political writer. Crabb is also one of the presenters of 'The Drum' on the 24 hour news channel, ABC News 24
.
She is married to Adelaide lawyer Jeremy Storer, son of GP Brian Storer and retired teacher Jennifer Storer. They have one daughter named Audrey, and a son named Elliot born in February 2010.
political show Insiders, a guest on panel shows such as Network Ten's
Good News Week
and the ABC's Q&A
.
Crabb was a panelist on the 2010 ABC Federal Election series, Gruen Nation.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and commentator who is currently the ABC's
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
chief online political writer. Previously she has worked for Adelaide's The Advertiser, The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
, The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
, the Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald
The Sun-Herald
The Sun-Herald is an Australian tabloid newspaper published on Sundays in Sydney by Fairfax Media. It is the Sunday counterpart of The Sydney Morning Herald. In the 6 months to September 2005, The Sun-Herald had a circulation of 515,000...
, and won a Walkley Award in 2009 for her Quarterly Essay
Quarterly Essay
Quarterly Essay is an Australian periodical that straddles the border between magazines and non-fiction books. Printed in a book-like page size and using a single-column format, each issue features a single extended essay of at least 20,000 words, with an introduction by the editor, and...
, 'Stop At Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull'. In addition, she has authored two books covering events within the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
.
Education
Crabb studied at University of AdelaideUniversity of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
graduating with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
and a Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
and briefly became involved in student politics, holding the position of Women's Officer at the University's Student Association
Students' Association of the University of Adelaide
The Students' Association of the University of Adelaide commonly referred to as the SAUA was a Students' Representative Council like body that existed for students at the University of Adelaide from 1973 until 2007. It was one of a number of student organisations at the university affiliated to...
.
Career
Originally intending to enter Law, she changed direction and undertook a cadetship at The Advertiser in 1997. She moved to The Advertiser's Canberra bureau two years later, having worked for The Advertiser in both state and federal politics, before departing in 2000 to move to The Age as a political columnist and correspondent.Three years later Crabb travelled to the United Kingdom and spent several years there working as the London correspondent for the Sunday Age and Sun-Herald, and acting as an occasional and largely non-political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. During this time she wrote her first book, Losing It: The Inside Story of the Labor Party in Opposition.
She returned to Australia in 2007 and started work as a senior writer and political columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, and until recently, Crabb's opinion pieces featured in a regular column in the publication. During this time, Crabb served as a commentator for the ABC's coverage of the 2007 Australian federal election.
In 2009 her Quarterly Essay, entitled "Stop At Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull", won a Walkley Award for best magazine feature writing.
Crabb resigned from her job with The Sydney Morning Herald in November 2009 to take up a position with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
, working as their chief online political writer. Crabb is also one of the presenters of 'The Drum' on the 24 hour news channel, ABC News 24
ABC News 24
ABC News 24 is an Australian 24-hour news channel launched and owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The channel replaced the former ABC High Definition simulcast of ABC1 and commenced broadcasting at 7:30pm 5:30 on Thursday, 22 July 2010.-Pre-launch:The ABC announced in January 2010...
.
She is married to Adelaide lawyer Jeremy Storer, son of GP Brian Storer and retired teacher Jennifer Storer. They have one daughter named Audrey, and a son named Elliot born in February 2010.
Other work
Crabb has worked extensively in the media and is contributor to major print publications, public talks and television and radio. She is a regular panelist on the ABC TelevisionABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
political show Insiders, a guest on panel shows such as Network Ten's
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
Good News Week
Good News Week
Good News Week is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that initially aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and resumed on 11 February 2008 to 9 May 2011. The show aired first on ABC TV before it was bought by Network Ten in 1999...
and the ABC's Q&A
Q&A (TV program)
Q&A is an Australian television program, broadcast on ABC1 hosted by award-winning news journalist Tony Jones. It is similar to shows like Question Time on the BBC and Questions and Answers on RTÉ....
.
Crabb was a panelist on the 2010 ABC Federal Election series, Gruen Nation.
Books published
- Crabb, Annabel. Rise of the Ruddbot: Observations from the Gallery. Melbourne: Black Inc., 2010. ISBN 978-1-86395-483-9