Alan Ramsey
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Alan Ramsey is an Australia
n columnist
and former writer
for The Sydney Morning Herald
. He first started working in journalism in 1953, for Frank Packer
who then owned Sydney's Daily Telegraph
. Ramsey was correspondent with the first contingent of Australian combat troops to Vietnam 1965, the speechwriter for Australian Labor Party
leader Bill Hayden
until 1983 and was the oldest serving member of the Canberra Press Gallery
before his retirement in December 2008. He released a selection of over a decade of opinion pieces for the Herald in his 2009 book A Matter of Opinion. He is a member of the board of the Whitlam Institute, and is married to another journalist from the Fairfax
stable, Laura Tingle. http://www.whitlam.org/people/ramsey_alan.htmlhttp://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/a-last-farewell-to-a-friend-133-and-to-you/2008/12/05/1228257318854.html
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n columnist
Columnist
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and former writer
Writer
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for 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...
. He first started working in journalism in 1953, for Frank Packer
Frank Packer
Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer, KBE , was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine Network.-Biography:...
who then owned Sydney's Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
. Ramsey was correspondent with the first contingent of Australian combat troops to Vietnam 1965, the speechwriter for 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...
leader Bill Hayden
Bill Hayden
William George "Bill" Hayden AC was the 21st Governor-General of Australia. Prior to this, he represented the Australian Labor Party in parliament; he was a minister in the government of Gough Whitlam, and later became Leader of the Opposition, narrowly losing the 1980 federal election to the...
until 1983 and was the oldest serving member of the Canberra Press Gallery
Canberra Press Gallery
The Canberra Press Gallery, officially called the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, is the name given to the approximately 180 journalists and their support staff, including producers, editors and camera crews, who report the workings of the Australian Parliament...
before his retirement in December 2008. He released a selection of over a decade of opinion pieces for the Herald in his 2009 book A Matter of Opinion. He is a member of the board of the Whitlam Institute, and is married to another journalist from the Fairfax
Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media Limited is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The group's operations include newspapers, magazines, radios and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand. Fairfax Media was founded by the Fairfax family as John Fairfax and Sons, later to become John...
stable, Laura Tingle. http://www.whitlam.org/people/ramsey_alan.htmlhttp://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/a-last-farewell-to-a-friend-133-and-to-you/2008/12/05/1228257318854.html