Bernard Keane

Bernard Keane is an Australian journalist for Crikey.^[1] He has been Crikey's political correspondent since 2008.

He is also the author of several books dealing with politics and related issues, including Surveillance (2015),^[2] War On The Internet,^[3][4] and A Short History Of Stupid (with Helen Razer).^[5]

Prior to his work with Crikey, Keane studied history at the University of Sydney, and then worked as a public servant and a speechwriter in transport and communications. In doing so he acted unceasingly to achieve his childhood ambition of bringing very fast train travel to the Australian people, without success.^[6]

References

1. Danby, Michael. "Crikey’s Bernard Keane too keen on conspiracy theories", The Australian, 6 October 2014.
2. Hardy, Karen (29 August 2015). "Why Bernard Keane's Surveillance will have you watching your back and your data". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
3. "Co-conspirators: Helen Razer & Bernard Keane". archive.swf.org.au. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
4. "War on the internet: the key fronts". Crikey. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
5. O'Shea, Reviewer: Frank (12 December 2014). "Book review: A Short History of Stupid, by Bernard Keane and Helen Razer". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
6. Keane, Bernard Augustine. "The mess we're in: how our politics went to hell and dragged us with it" (2018), 172.