Greg Sheridan

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Greg Sheridan is foreign editor of The Australian, one of Australia's only national newspapers, and one of its columnists. The Australian is the flagship Australian paper of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation empire.

Writing on the region since the 1980's, Sheridan claims to be an Asia specialist, and has written four books on the region (listed in his employee profile linked to below). Sheridan is a Catholic and is considered to be a right-wing commentator, although his positions vary from any particular party.

Sheridan has been a staunch supporter of closer ties between Australia and its Southeast Asian neighbours. He is a frequent apologist for leaders of Southeast Asian countries, particularly Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, and has defended the Suharto regime over criticisms of its human rights record and its occupation of East Timor [1]. He was a vocal critic of Prime Minister John Howard's intervention in East Timor in 1999 and during 2006 called for the removal of Mari Alkatiri as Prime Minister of that country.

Sheridan is also a supporter of the Australian government's anti-terror legislation and insists the deportation from Australia of American peace activist Scott Parkin was well founded [2]. He has also argued in support of the notion that George W. Bush will be judged one of the great presidents of the United States.

Sheridan often criticises academics and journalists he sees as being biased and/or politically left-wing, although his own views are often under attack.

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Greg Sheridan, "A great president for these terrible times", The Australian, September 14, 2006.
Greg Sheridan, "New hope for WMD evidence", The Australian, July 12, 2003.
Greg Sheridan and John Kerin, "Deported activist was to teach tactics of violence", The Australian, September 22, 2005.