John Norman Stubbs (2 February 1938 in Cunnamulla, Queensland – 25 May 2015 in Lismore, New South Wales) was an Australian political journalist, author and Labor staffer.
Stubbs worked as a political correspondent for The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane's Sunday Sun among others and authored three non-fiction books.
He worked as a press secretary for Clyde Cameron when he was a minister in the Whitlam Government, and for Hugh Hudson, a minister in the South Australian government of Don Dunstan.
Stubbs co-authored Nest of Traitors: The Petrov Affair, with Nicholas Whitlam in 1974 about the Petrov Affair. He also wrote The Hidden People, Poverty in Australia and Hayden, a biography of Bill Hayden.
John Stubbs received a Walkley Award in 1995 for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism.
Books John Stubbs, The Hidden People : Poverty in Australia, Lansdowne Press, 1966 Nicholas Whitlam and John Stubbs, Nest of Traitors : The Petrov Affair, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1974 John Stubbs, Hayden, William Heinemann, 1989
References
External links Theaustralian.com.au Smh.com.au Justinianarchive.com Clubtroppo.com Blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au Crikey.com.au http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/vale-john-stubbs-journalist-and-press-secretary-to-gough-whitlam/story-e6frg996-1227377206959