Australian media "a pack of bastards": former Australian political figure

A former Australian political figure regarded the nation's journalists as "a pack of bastards" by the end of his failed 2015 election campaign, his authorized biography reportedly says.

Extracts of the book - to be released next week - published by Fairfax Media on Friday, shows former Queensland Premier Campbell Newman takes particular aim against journalists who covered his 2012 election campaign and his time in parliament.

"He had long given up on seeing serious topics of policy and a debate about the future of Queensland in the media,"the biography' s author Gavin King wrote according to Fairfax Media.

"Reporters were only focused on the politics of politics, on polling and personalities, and getting Campbell to respond to the latest grenade thrown his way by an opponent or a critic."

Newman appeared relieved after his final media conference in January 2015 prior to losing the largest majority in Queensland's history after just one term.

"That's the last press conference I'll ever have to do ... that 's the last time I'll ever have to talk to that pack of bastards," Newman is quoted in the book as saying at the time.

Newman, who lost the election to retain his own seat in Queensland's parliament has also claimed Queensland's politics is treated like a reality TV show.