Quick Facts
Biography
Mark Kenny is an Australian journalist. He was the national affairs editor for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, and is now senior fellow at the Australian Studies Institute at the Australian National University.
Career and personal life
Kenny is a correspondent for Fairfax Media, and formerly worked for ABC, for the Advertiser as the national political editor, and was the national affairs editor for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. He is director of Canberra's National Press Club, and regular commentator on the ABC's Insiders program. Kenny is the cousin of political commentator and Sky News Live presenter Chris Kenny.
In December 2018 it was announced that Kenny was taking up a position of senior fellow at the Australian Studies Institute at the Australian National University.
Political views
Kenny worked for the Labor Party in South Australia. He is a republican, who describes CHOGM meetings as "quaint". He advocates for gay marriage.
Kenny describes the period of Australian political history prior to Malcolm Turnbull becoming prime minister as a period of "infantile political inwardness". He characterises Tony Abbott's national security responses to Islamic extremism as "vilifying" Muslims. He describes Turnbull as "the Coalition's best electoral asset".