Stan Grant
Keynote Speaker, ALIA National 2026
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About Stan Grant:
Stan Grant is one of Australia’s most respected and awarded journalists, authors, and thinkers. A Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi and Dharrawal man, he has forged a groundbreaking four-decade career across news, current affairs, and international reporting.
Stan was the first Indigenous Political Correspondent, Foreign Correspondent, and prime-time news presenter in Australian commercial television. He spent a decade as a senior correspondent for CNN in Asia and the Middle East, reporting from more than seventy countries and covering the defining stories of our time — from the end of apartheid and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the rise of China and the death of Princess Diana.
A three-time Walkley Award winner, his honours also include multiple Asia TV Awards, Logie and AACTA Awards, two US Peabody Awards, and the Columbia University DuPont Award. Stan wrote and produced the acclaimed documentary The Australian Dream and is the best-selling author of seven books exploring identity, justice, philosophy, and world affairs.
Currently Professor of Journalism and Director of the Asia-Pacific arm of the Constructive Institute at Monash University, Stan continues to write, lecture, and challenge Australia to pursue a more just and united future.