george megalogenis
journalist and author

George Megalogenis is an author and journalist with three decades' experience in the media. 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 the ABC documentary series Making Australia Great.

He is also the author of The Football Solution, Faultlines, The Longest Decade, Quarterly Essay 40: Trivial Pursuit - Leadership and the End of the Reform Era and Quarterly Essay 61: Balancing Act - Australia Between Recession and Renewal and Quarterly Essay 82: Exit Strategy - Politics After the Pandemic.

George has presented at the Hawke Centre previously, including an in conversation with South Australian Premier, Peter Malinauskas (2024) and The Football Solution (2018).

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TORY SHEPHERD
JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR

Tory Shepherd is a senior reporter for Guardian Australia, a freelance writer, and the author of On Freedom. After finishing Honours in Anthropology and a Masters in Communication, she ended up as a ‘mature-age’ cadet at the paper 15 years ago. She is a Walkley Award judge and a Churchill Fellow.

Tory Shepherd hosted the Just A Thought series as part of the the Hawke Centre's program in 2020, including: The Truth of the Palace Letters, Poverty: Where To Draw The Line, In-Conversation WIth Senator The Hon Penny Wong, John Keane: Dictators, Despotism and Democracy, How To Be A Star Citizen, and Slaves In The System. She has also been in conversation with Gill Hicks AM MBE (2021). 

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