Sean Murphy is an Australian journalist.

He was born in Western Australia in 1958. He was brought up on Rottnest Island

Rottnest Island

Rottnest Island is located off the coast of Western Australia, near Fremantle. It is called Wadjemup by the Noongar people, meaning "place across the water". The island is long, and at its widest point with a total land area of . It is classified as an A Class Reserve and is managed by the...

 where his parents owned a pub. He commenced journalism in 1979 when he worked for the Sunday Independent

Sunday Independent

The Sunday Independent is a broadsheet Sunday newspaper published in Ireland by Independent News and Media plc. The newspaper is edited by Aengus Fanning, and is the biggest selling Irish Sunday newspaper by a large margin ; average circulation of 291,323 between June 2004 and January 2005,...

 in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

. He subsequently moved to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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. He is currently a producer for ABC Television's Landline program since 2002.

He is married, lives in Sydney and has two children.