Paul Murphy (Australian journalist)

Paul Murphy (1942/1943 – 20 October 2020) was an Australian political journalist and radio and television presenter. He presented the ABC's afternoon radio current affairs program "PM" from 1983 to 1993.
Murphy was a regular guest on "This Sporting Life". He was the first host of the SBS-TV current affairs program "Dateline," and presented the program for a decade.
In the 1994 Australia Day Honours Murphy was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to public broadcasting and to journalism".
Murphy died from cancer on 20 October 2020, aged 77.