George Megalogenis

George Megalogenis 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 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 was No 96: Minority Report – The New Shape of Australian Politics.

Among the newspapers he has written for are The Australian, The New York Times, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.