Annabel Crabb
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Crabb promoting The Wife Drought, October 2014
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| Born | February 1973 (age 51) Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Political journalist and commentator |
Annabel Crabb (born February 1973) is an Australian political journalist and commentator who is the ABC's chief online political writer. 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.
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Education
Crabb completed high school at the Wilderness School in Medindie, South Australia. She then studied at University of Adelaide 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.[1] Crabb graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1997.
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.[2]
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.[3] During this time, Crabb served as a commentator for the ABC's coverage of the 2007 Australian federal election.
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 its chief online political writer.[4] Crabb is also one of the presenters of The Drum on the 24-hour news channel, ABC News 24.[5]
From mid-2012, Crabb and radio personality Merrick Watts appeared in the ABC1 light-entertainment television program Randling, as part of a team called the West Coast Odd Sox.[6][7]
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 Television 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. She returned to her role on the panel for the 2013 series.
Kitchen Cabinet
In 2012, Crabb began hosting her own TV program Kitchen Cabinet on ABC2 (later ABC1),[8] an informal interview program with Australian politicians over a meal prepared by both Crabb and her guest.
Chat 10 Looks 3 podcast
In November 2014, Crabb started a podcast with Leigh Sales called Chat 10 Looks 3. It is independent of the work they do for other media outlets and is an opportunity for them to talk about books, movies, television, the media and culture.[9][10]
Personal life
Crabb is married to Adelaide lawyer Jeremy Storer, son of GP Brian Storer and retired teacher Jennifer Storer. They have a daughter, Audrey; a son, Elliott, born in February 2010; and a daughter, Kate, born in December 2012.[11]
Awards
- 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.[12]
- In 2011 Crabb received an Eisenhower Fellowship.[13]
Books published
- Crabb, Annabel. Losing It: The Inside Story of the Labor Party in Opposition. Picador Australia, 2005. ISBN 978-0-330-42216-1
- Crabb, Annabel. Quarterly Essay 34: Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull. Black Inc., 2005. ISBN 978-1-863-95431-0
- Crabb, Annabel. Rise of the Ruddbot: Observations from the Gallery. Melbourne: Black Inc., 2010. ISBN 978-1-86395-483-9
- Crabb, Annabel. The Wife Drought. Melbourne: Random House Australia, 2014. ISBN 978-0-857-98426-5
- Crabb, Annabel and Sharpe, Wendy. Special Delivery - Favourite Food To Make and Take. Murdoch Books Australia, 2015. ISBN 978-1-74336-619-6.
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