The Alfred Deakin Prize for an Essay Advancing Public Debate

This prize is offered for a published essay by an Australian author that contributes to the national debate by the quality of its writing. The essay can be published in a print or electronic journal, newspaper or book form.

Winner and Shortlist 2009
Judges 2009

Winner and Shortlist 2008
Judges 2008

Winner 2007
Shortlist 2007
Judges 2007

Previous winners include: 'Trapped in the Aboriginal Reality Show' by Marcia Langton (2008), 'The Writer in a Time of Terror' by Frank Moorhouse (2007), 'Is the Media Asleep?' by David Marr (2006), 'Beyond Belief: What Future for Labor?' by John Button (2003) and 'Rabbit Syndrome: Australia and America' by Don Watson (2002).