Stephen O'Doherty

O'Doherty was born in Melbourne and raised in New South Wales. He attended Carlingford High School, a public school in the north-western suburbs of Sydney. He received a B.A. (Communication) from the New South Wales Institute of Technology{{Cite NSW Parliament |former=Yes |access-date=5 May 2019 |id=2103 |title= Mr Stephen Mark O'Doherty, (1959– )}}

From 1981 until his election to Parliament, he was a broadcaster and journalist in radio and TV. During the 1980s he was the host of the Sundown Rundown current affairs program on Sydney's 2GB, and was a state and national affairs reporter with The 7.30 Report and Network Ten.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s3260764.htm |title= Q&A - Panelist - Stephen O'Doherty|author= |publisher=ABC|access-date=20 July 2017}} He is a regular commentator on politics and the media on 702 ABC Sydney and Sky News Australia.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

In 1992, O'Doherty was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the seat of Ku-ring-gai. In 1999 he was re-elected to the seat of Hornsby following a redistribution of electoral boundaries. From 1995, he served as a front bencher in the Liberal Opposition under Peter Collins and Kerry Chikarovski, first in the portfolios of Education and Community Services, and then serving as Shadow Treasurer until his resignation in 2002.

In January 2002, O'Doherty left Parliament to become the inaugural chief executive officer of Christian Schools Australia, a national association representing Christian schools. He held this post until the end of 2016, in order to pursue other media interests.{{cite news |author= |title=New CEO Announced |url=https://www.csa.edu.au/news/new-ceo-announced |work=Christian Schools Australia |date=19 August 2016 |access-date=20 July 2017}}

He currently is the chair of Hope Media, a not-for-profit Christian radio broadcaster. In March 2017, he returned to regular radio broadcasting on Hope Media's Hope 103.2 channel as host of its Open House current affairs program.{{cite news |last=Lim |first=Anne |date=2 March 2017 |title=News edge to return to Open House |url=https://www.eternitynews.com.au/culture/news-edge-to-return-of-open-house/ |work=Eternity News |access-date=20 July 2017}}

O'Doherty is married with two sons.

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