Australian Press Council Independent Journalist Members

Peter Kerr Peter Kerr is a freelance journalist, editor and consultant. He was Executive Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald until 2012, responsible for overseeing ethics and standards and handling legal and complaints issues. He was also Foreign Editor at the Herald for five years. He has been a reporter, editor and sub-editor in Australia and Britain for newspapers, magazines and Australian Associated Press

Peter Kerr joined the Council as independent journalist member in May 2013.

Anna Reynolds

Anna Reynolds started her career in commercial radio in Adelaide, before taking up a cadetship with ABC current affairs radio in Sydney. She worked for AM, PM and The World Today in Sydney and Brisbane, before moving to ABC local radio Brisbane. There she hosted Drive, and then the morning current affairs program. She also worked on the Queensland edition of 7.30 Report as a political and general reporter. Anna moved on to News Ltd as a feature writer for the Courier-Mail. She held a number of section editor positions before becoming Managing Editor. She has also worked as a government media advisor.

Anna was appointed as an independent journalist member in December 2014.

Mike Steketee

Mike Steketee started his career in 1966 as a cadet journalist with the Daily Telegraph in Sydney. He joined the Sydney Morning Herald in 1975 and his positions there included Washington correspondent, NSW State political correspondent, Canberra political correspondent and head of bureau and political editor based in Sydney.

He became The Australian’s national affairs editor in 1994. Since 2012 he has been a freelance journalist. Mike has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Australian National University (1975) and is co-author of “Wran, An Unauthorised Biography” (1986). In 2000, he won a Walkley award for journalism leadership. Mike Steketee joined the Council as an independent journalist member in January 2014