He is a columnist for The Australian newspaper as well as the host of a weeknight current affairs program, The Kenny Report on Sky News Australia.
[3] After the defeat of the Howard government in 2007, Kenny worked as a columnist for The Advertiser, as a television reporter for the Adelaide edition of A Current Affair, and as a talkback radio host for 5AA.
After leaving Turnbull's office, Kenny wrote opinion pieces and analysis for The Australian and ABC's The Drum, and appeared as a commentator on Sky News.
In 2010 Kenny was appointed General Manager, External Affairs, for transport giant Asciano, but left at the end of the year to return to media work.
[12] He argued in July 2011 that Julia Gillard could not recover as prime minister, that Labor would lose the next general election and that Kevin Rudd could limit the extent of those losses.
He has been criticised by his fan base for his stance, although not by his colleagues at News Corp.[19] In September 2013, the ABC program The Hamster Decides broadcast a photoshopped image of Kenny having sex with a dog.
[20] In June 2014, a ruling by the Australian Communications and Media Authority found that the skit was a potential source of "deep offence" to Kenny and others, and was "disturbingly bullying" in character.
[23] Nonetheless, sections of the Australian media expressed concern about the ruling, with The Conversation's Mark Rolfe arguing that Kenny "took the skit out of its context"[24] and The Guardian's David Marr saying that the case "raise[d] serious questions about free speech in Australia".
[23] Kenny is a keen Australian rules football follower, having played at reserve grade level for SANFL clubs Norwood and West Adelaide.