Dennis Shanahan

Dennis Shanahan is a political editor of The Australian, a newspaper in Australia.

Dennis Shanahan
Occupation	Newspaper editor
Known for	criticised for telling readers that John Howard would win the 2007, which he lost in a landslide
Notable work	political editor of The Australian
Children	Brendan Shanahan (author)

Shanahan has been a journalist at major newspapers for "almost forty years".^[1] He covered NSW politics for the Sydney Morning Herald in the 1980s before joining The Australian. He led the paper's Canberra Bureau for 10 years before becoming the paper's political editor, a position he has held for 11 years.^[1]

He is the father of Australian author and columnist Brendan Shanahan.

In 2007, he was criticised by continuing to believe and tell readers that John Howard would win the election.^{[original research?]} Howard was beaten by a landslide including his own seat of Bennelong.