George Megalogenis

Use it, or lose it? That’s the question George Megalogenis thinks Australia needs to be asking itself.
In his 2012 book, The Australian Moment, Megalogenis presented a meticulous case for Australia’s social resilience and economic potential through times of global hardship – recalling the end of the goldrush in the 1850s, and a society at odds with a government intent on tightening immigration and hoarding our wealth.
His latest book, Australia’s Second Chance, extends the argument into post-GFC, post-mining boom times. Can we do better with the advantages we gained from the boom? Could Australia embrace a future rich not only in natural resources, but in human resources, too? What must we do to realise our underplayed capacity for prosperity?
Join Megalogenis – one of Australian journalism’s great minds – as he weaves history, economics and demography into questions of who we were, who we are and who we could become.
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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 his ABC documentary series Making Austral... Read more
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