He subsequently joined The Australian Financial Review and was replaced at The Guardian by Tom McIlroy, previously the AFR’s Canberra bureau chief.
The refreshed hiring process at The Guardian comes amid a period of significant change across the press gallery, instigated when the ABC’s political editor for the 7.30 program, Laura Tingle, left the program to become global affairs editor. She has been replaced by the broadcaster’s chief digital correspondent, Jacob Greber.
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Last week, ABC News boss Justin Stevens informed staff that Clare Armstrong, currently The Daily Telegraph’s national political editor, had been appointed the ABC’s chief digital political correspondent.
Several high-profile senior reporters have left the Canberra press gallery in the past 18 months for different reasons. Apart from Murphy and Tingle, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald’s chief political correspondent David Crowe has recently started as the Europe correspondent for the mastheads. Following Crowe’s departure from the gallery, the papers owned by Nine Entertainment have appointed Paul Sakkal as chief political correspondent and James Massola as chief political commentator.
Meanwhile, News’ national masthead The Australian recently appointed Geoff Chambers as its new political editor, replacing Simon Benson, who has moved into a commentary role. The newspaper’s Canberra bureau chief, Greg Brown, has replaced Chambers as chief political correspondent.
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