{{Short description|Australian political journalist}} {{about||the American businessman and politician|Malcolm D. Farr}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc. --> | name = Malcolm Farr | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|08|02|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|19YY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | death_place = | occupation = Journalist | language = | alma_mater = | children = | nationality = Australian | website = [https://twitter.com/farrm51 Malcolm Farr on Twitter] }} '''Malcolm Farr''' (born 2 August 1951 <ref>{{citation|first=Malcolm|last=Farr|url=http://www.aww.com.au/latest-news/in-the-mag/secret-mens-business-australian-men-at-60-2006|title=Secret men's business: Australian men at 60|date=2 August 2011|magazine=Women's Weekly|access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref>) is a political journalist in the Canberra Press Gallery covering the Parliament of Australia in Canberra, Australia.
==Work== Based in Canberra, Farr was the National Political Editor for News.com.au and contributing writer to ''The Punch''. Most recently he was writing for The Guardian Australia in January 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farr |first=Malcolm |date=1 October 2022 |title=Malcolm Farr: index of articles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/malcolm-farr |access-date=12 July 2023 |website=The Guardian Australia}}</ref>
He has worked for a number of Australian publications including ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The Daily Mirror'', Brisbane Sun and ''The Australian''.
Farr regularly appeared on political current affairs programs ''Meet the Press'' on Network Ten, and ABC TV's ''Insiders''.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.abc.net.au/insiders/aboutus.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326022109/http://www.abc.net.au/insiders/aboutus.htm|archivedate=26 March 2016|title=Insiders|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Commission}}</ref>
Farr also served as President of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion-old/much-ado-about-nothing-at-dinner-with-costello/story-e6frfifx-1111114202510|title=Much ado about nothing at dinner with Costello|first=Andrew|last=Bolt|author-link=Andrew Bolt|date=17 August 2007}}</ref> until 2005.
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==External links== *[http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/mal-farr/ The Punch Profile] *[http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s1865319.htm ABC online profile] *[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/malcolm-farr The Guardian Australia]
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