Karl Quinn
Karl has held a variety of senior editing and writing roles since joining Fairfax Media in 1999. Most recently he was The Age's entertainment editor from 2009-2012. As national film editor, he oversees our film coverage in print and on our digital platforms.
Kirsty Sword Gusmao
For the former first lady, a new battle begins at home
Karl Quinn Kirsty Sword Gusmao's role in East Timor's battle for independence is captured in the documentary Alias Ruby Blade, but now she's fighting on a new front - for her health.
Minimum legacy of $500,000 pledged to nurse's family
Karl Quinn The owners of the radio network at the centre of the royal prank call controversy will donate all profits from advertising on 2Day FM for the remainder of the year to ''an appropriate memorial fund''...
Radio prank network to donate profits to memorial fund
Karl Quinn THE owners of the radio network at the centre of the royal prank call controversy have vowed to donate all profits from advertising on 2Day FM for the remainder of the year to ''an appropriate...
Tough love from my mum, recalls Murdoch
Karl Quinn IF RUPERT MURDOCH rules his vast media empire with a firm hand, it is perhaps because he learnt from the best.
Woman of quiet influence always put others first
Karl Quinn Dame Elisabeth Murdoch cast a long shadow, if such a thing can be said of a woman who brought so much light to the world.
Not our final call, say tearful presenters
Karl Quinn THE radio presenters at the centre of the royal prank call have claimed they were not ultimately responsible for a stunt that has caused outrage at a London hospital, provoked fury at Buckingham...
Science sexy? We can dare to dream as former pop star ponders universe
Karl Quinn It's important, when talking to a renowned physicist, to get the big questions out of the way first.
Station pulls all advertising from Jones's breakfast slot
Karl Quinn, Jonathan Swan Alan Jones's radio show will be entirely free of advertising in response to the outcry over his comments about Julia Gillard's father.
Facebook accused of being lax on child porn
Karl Quinn Facebook has been accused of allowing child pornography to proliferate thanks to a new meme in which users, some of them underaged, are encouraged to post naked pictures of themselves on the social...
Ten dumps The Circle and host Yumi Stynes
Karl Quinn and Michael Idato TV presenter Yumi Stynes has been ditched, along with her chat show The Circle, by Ten.
Alan Jones takes rap for carbon comment
Karl Quinn Entertainment Editor Sydney radio station 2GB, the former partner of failed Melbourne talkback station MTR, has been found to have breached the broadcasting code over Alan Jones' claim that 'human beings produce 0.
Chopper crash victim was James Cameron's 'right-hand man'
Karl Quinn The writer-producer of the most successful Australian movie of 2011 was one of two men killed in a helicopter crash near Nowra on the New South Wales south coast.
Leading the way in the dragon's lair
Karl Quinn RARMIAN Newton isn't one to look a gift dragon in the mouth, but there was one major downside to landing the biggest part of his short but already impressive career: he couldn't tell anyone.
Secrets behind story of Sybil tell multiple tales of the times
Karl Quinn There is an episode of United States of Tara in which Toni Collette's split-personality title character reveals her latest ''alter'' - a bespectacled New Yorker named Shoshanna, who just happens to...
Bolt unrepentant but slur victims hail victory
Karl Quinn ANDREW BOLT has had many better days, but Pat Eatock hasn't.
True colours
Karl Quinn A terrible day for free speech in Australia, or just a terrible day for Andrew Bolt and bad journalism?
More Australian filming for Mulligan
Karl Quinn Oscar-nominated actress Carey Mulligan could extend her acquaintance with Australia, adding a science-fiction thriller to the jazz-age feature she's slated to film here.
Lady Gaga all set to have a ball
Karl Quinn The world's biggest pop star is coming to Australia... and sorry, Madge, we're not talking about you.
Beaconsfield rescue
Raw emotion mined in story of Beaconsfield rescue retold
Karl Quinn It's hard to imagine two less likely advocates for the talking cure than Brant Webb and Todd Russell, but the men at the centre of the Beaconsfield goldmine disaster have learnt the hard way the...
Gotye's hit shared with jazz legend
Karl Quinn A Brazilian musician who has been dead for more than a decade is top of the pops in the United States thanks to Melbourne's Wouter ''Wally'' de Backer, better known as Gotye.
