1. Annabel Crabb is an Australian political journalist, commentator and television host who is the ABC's chief online political writer.
25 Facts About Annabel Crabb
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Annabel Crabb has worked for Adelaide's The Advertiser, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald, and won a Walkley Award in 2009 for her Quarterly Essay, "Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull".
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Annabel Crabb has hosted ABC television shows Kitchen Cabinet, The House, Back in Time for Dinner and Tomorrow Tonight.
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Crabb was born in Adelaide to Christobel and Mac Crabb and grew up on a small farm near Two Wells, South Australia.
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Annabel Crabb completed high school at the Wilderness School in Medindie, South Australia, then studied at the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1997 with arts and law degrees.
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Annabel Crabb was briefly involved in student politics, holding the position of women's officer at the university's student association.
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Annabel Crabb moved to The Advertiser's Canberra bureau two years later, having worked for The Advertiser in both state and federal politics, before departing in 2000 to move to The Age as a political columnist and correspondent.
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Annabel Crabb returned to Australia in 2007 and started work as a senior writer and political columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and her opinion pieces featured in a regular column in the publication.
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Annabel Crabb took up a position with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in November 2009, working as its chief online political writer.
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Annabel Crabb is one of the presenters of The Drum.
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In 2017, in a footnote to readers of her Sydney Morning Herald column, Annabel Crabb implied that she had resigned from her role at that newspaper.
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Annabel Crabb was a panelist on the 2010 ABC federal election series Gruen Nation.
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Annabel Crabb returned to her role on the panel for the 2013 series.
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In 2012, Annabel Crabb began hosting her own TV program, Kitchen Cabinet, on ABC2, an informal interview program with Australian politicians over a meal prepared by both Annabel Crabb and her guest.
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In 2017, Annabel Crabb hosted a six episode documentary series about the inner workings of Parliament House called The House.
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In November 2014, Annabel Crabb started a podcast with Leigh Sales called Chat 10 Looks 3.
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Annabel Crabb is a regular political commentator with the ABC and Fairfax.
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Annabel Crabb describes former immigration minister and current Leader of the Opposition, Peter Dutton, as having a commitment to free speech which "fully covers the right of everyday Australians to make racist remarks".
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Annabel Crabb supported proposals to legislate for same-sex marriage, proposals that were ultimately successful.
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Annabel Crabb has described businesses and service providers who refuse to cater to same-sex weddings as "homophobes".
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Annabel Crabb has reported on the differential impact of parenting on workforce productivity and that following the birth of a child, fathers spend, on average, half the number of hours on household work that mothers do.
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Annabel Crabb shared demographic analysis by Jennifer Baxter of the Australian Institute of Family Studies showing that women spend on average 30 hours per week on household work, whereas men spend 15.
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Annabel Crabb has reported on policy which has changed gendered aspects of parenting and work.
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Annabel Crabb has reported on policy which has changed this.
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Annabel Crabb's husband is lawyer Jeremy Storer, brother of former South Australian senator Tim Storer.