Senior Political Correspondent, The Daily Nation.
When Harriet was demoted over the Paxton defamation suit, Griff was more than happy to step into her job. He is better suited to the new media, with the charm and blokey camaraderie that lets him thrive in the Canberra hothouse and a glib, sardonic style that turns politics into entertainment.
Griff hunts with the pack. He will never uncover his own story or put in the hard grind of getting beneath political spin, but he doesn't need to. In Canberra everyone has a story to leak and an agenda to push, and facile, plausible Griff is an ideal journalist to retail a tendentious yarn without asking hard questions.
