Glenn
Milne

Speaker Profile

Glenn Milne has been covering Canberra politics for more than two decades including four Prime Ministers: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard and Kevin Rudd. He is acknowledged as one of the most informed political commentators in the country.

Milne was most recently the Political Editor for News Limited's Sunday publications. He writes a weekly political column in The Australian and is a regular panellist on The Insiders and Meet the Press.

Prior to joining News Limited's Sunday mastheads, Milne was Chief Political Correspondent for the Seven Network and Political Editor of The Australian.

Milne was also chosen as a contributor to the definitive book on John Howard's Prime Ministership, The Howard Factor. He was recently included in the book The Best Australian Political Writing of 2007, edited by Tony Jones.

He has won all of Australia's most prestigious news awards including a Walkley, a Logie and News Limited's Scoop of the Year Award for his exclusive story on the secret Howard-Costello leadership deal.

Milne has also served as a Vice President and Director of the National Press Club and as a member of the Press Gallery Committee.

He was most recently chosen to travel to the United States as a delegate to the US-Australian Leadership Dialogue and will again be a delegate to Washington and New York this year.

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