ROBERT Macklin’s long-awaited biography of the late media and publishing giant, Trevor Kennedy, has been published privately by his widow, Christina.

In 2021, Kennedy approached his long-time friend, Canberra author and “CityNews” columnist, Macklin about writing his biography which covered the great – and often controversial – period of their careers in newspaper and magazine journalism from the ’70s to the advent of social media.

Unfortunately, Kennedy in November 2021 died before it could be published, not long after having donated much of his collection of Australiana to the National Museum of Australia.

Born in Albany, WA, Kennedy turned “The Bulletin” into Australia’s must-read news magazine, rose to head Kerry Packer’s Consolidated Press, including “The Women’s Weekly”, before their falling out over the attempted takeover of the Fairfax newspapers.

He and Malcolm Turnbull became multi-millionaires as pioneers of Australia’s first email company and as Prime Minister Paul Keating offered Kennedy the post of Ambassador to Washington.

The book, titled “Casting His Net”, runs to 420 pages and has been published in a limited edition, with the plan to mount it online and make it available via print on demand.

To register interest, email robert@robertmacklin.com