Chris Kenny is a journalist, author and former political staffer.

He served as Chief of Staff to the former Leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Turnbull, and was also Chief of Staff to Alexander Downer, the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the former Howard Government. In the South Australian Government he was Director of Strategic Communications for Premier John Olsen and Chief of Staff to Premier Rob Kerin.

Previously, Chris was a leading political journalist in his home State of South Australia. After working for an afternoon newspaper, the now defunctAdelaide News, and the ABC's7.30 Report he covered state politics for Channel 10 and then Channel 9 in Adelaide.

He has also been a successful guest presenter for talk radio station5AA, covering morning, afternoon and evening shifts.

Chris has been a columnist for theSunday Mail andThe Adelaide Advertiser and a contributor toThe Adelaide Review.

In 1993 he publishedState of Denial, a book about the collapse of the SA State Bank and the Bannon government.

In 1996 Chris publishedIt would be Nice if there was some Women's Business - the inside story of the Hindmarsh Island Bridge saga. Chris's reporting had unearthed the fabrication claims and forced a Royal Commission.

He is now a columnist forThe Australian.