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George Megalogenis is one of Australia’s leading political and economic thinkers. He is an author and journalist with more than three decades’ experience in the media. His book, The Australian Moment, won the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-fiction and the 2012 Walkley Award for Non-fiction, and formed the basis for his ABC documentary series Making Australia Great.
George is also the author of Faultlines, The Longest Decade, Australia’s Second Chance, and Balancing Act, which contains his first two Quarterly Essays, No. 40: Trivial Pursuit – Leadership and the End of the Reform Era and No. 61: Balancing Act – Australia Between Recession and Renewal. His most recent book was The Football Solution and his most recent Quarterly Essay No 96: Minority Report – The New Shape of Australian Politics was published on 25 November 2024.
Among the newspapers he has written for are The Australian, The New York Times, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
George is a highly engaging speaker and presenter who deals with big-picture global economic and political trends. An insightful commentator, he has been a regular guest on the ABC’s political analysis program Insiders, and in 2015 wrote and presented the documentary tribute to former Australian prime minister Malcolm Fraser, Life Wasn’t Meant To Be Easy.
Annabel Crabb describes George as “Australia’s best explainer”, and Waleed Aly says “Megalogenis has the rare gift of being both comprehensive and detailed.”
An accomplished keynote speaker, panellist and facilitator, George Megalogenis is an ideal presenter on the topics of business, leadership, future trends and more.
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