 She got her first taste of the United States during an American Field Service scholarship in the mid-60s, and after three years in her first journalism job - at "The Australian" newspaper - she left Australia for New York in 1972.There she joined "The New York Post" to cover politics, leaving when Rupert Murdoch bought the newspaper in 1977.She worked briefly at the "SoHo Weekly News", writing a media and political column, and then for a year-long stint, joined "The New York Daily News".