Greg Sheridan

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Greg Sheridan AO (born 22 November 1956) is an Australian journalist, author and commentator who focuses on foreign affairs. He has been The Australian newspaper’s foreign editor since 1992 and is a familiar face on Australian TV and radio, including ABC and Sky News Australia. The ABC describes him as one of Australia’s most respected and influential analysts of politics and international affairs.

Early life and education
Sheridan grew up in Sydney in an Irish-Catholic family. He attended Christian Brothers’ High School and, for a time, trained as a priest at a seminary in Galong, though he finished his schooling at St Pius X College in Chatswood. He didn’t complete a university degree, but his experiences in politics began early. He befriended Tony Abbott during student politics and was influenced by Catholic writers and activists such as Bob Santamaria.

Career beginnings
His journalism career began at The Bulletin in the late 1970s, where he developed an interest in Asia after covering Vietnamese refugees. He joined The Australian and became its first China correspondent in 1985, later working in Washington and Canberra before returning to Sydney as foreign editor in 1992. Sheridan has built a reputation for reporting on Asian and U.S. politics and has interviewed presidents and prime ministers around the world. He is a distinguished fellow of the Australia India Institute at the University of Melbourne.

Books and Christianity
From 2017 onwards, Sheridan wrote about Christianity. He published an article in The Australian titled “Is God dead?” and in 2018 released God Is Good for You: A Defence of Christianity in Troubled Times, which argues that faith remains important in public life. He has continued writing on Christian themes, with a later work titled How Christians Can Succeed Today (2025).

Personal life and honors
Sheridan is Catholic and is married to Jasbir “Jessie” Sheridan, who practices Sikhism, with whom he has three sons. He moved to Melbourne in 2006. In 2016, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for his service to print media and national security commentary.

Views and reception
Sheridan is known for advocating closer ties between Australia and Southeast Asia. He has been a controversial figure at times: John Pilger criticized him in 1998 for defending Indonesia’s Suharto regime during debates over East Timor. Sheridan has been outspoken on U.S. politics, once predicting Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election, and he has commented on domestic issues in Australia, including criticisms of ABC coverage and of Premier Dan Andrews. He has praised figures like Hawke and Fraser in various analyses, while occasionally drawing criticism for his views on foreign leaders and regimes.

Later notes
In 2019, Sheridan visited Poland and Hungary on trips funded by the Polish government and a Hungarian think-tank. Critics have described his defense of Viktor Orbán and his praise of certain leaders as overly favorable to personality-driven politics.