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Place of Birth: Leongatha, Victoria, Australia
About Margot O'Neill
- Margot O'Neill (born 16 May 1958) is an Australian journalist, writer and producer.
- She founded original thinking productions, a multi-platform content provider after leaving the ABC in 2019 where she was a journalist for over 25 years.
- O’neill has worked as a journalist for over 25 years in television, radio, newspapers and online in Australia and overseas covering politics, national security and social justice issues and has worked on a variety of ABC programs including the investigative flagship program, Four Corners.
- O'Neill has twice won Australia's Walkley Awards including for Best Investigative Reporting and also has twice been awarded a UNAA Media Award for TV current affairs in 1998 for 'Death Sentence' on 4 Corners and in 2013 for "Aged Care Crisis" on Lateline. She has also written a book called Blind Conscience (UNSW Press 2008) telling the stories of some of the key players in Australia's refugee advocacy movement.
- It won the 2009 Human Rights award for best non-fiction.
- She has a Bachelor of Arts (Politics) degree from Melbourne University.
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