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Covers:  australian culture, music, arts
National music writer at The @Australian / mcmillena@theaustralian.com.au / Author: talkingsmack.com.au / @PenmanshipAU podcast 2015-2017 penmanshippodcast.com

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Andrew McMillen’s Biography

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Andrew McMillen is an award-winning freelance journalist and author based in Brisbane, Australia. Since January 2018, he has worked as national music writer at The Australian.

While working as a freelance journalist from 2009 to 2017, his feature journalism was published in The New York Times, The Weekend Australian Magazine, Rolling Stone, Good Weekend, The Saturday Paper, The Monthly, Qweekend and BuzzFeed.

Andrew won the feature writing category at the Queensland Clarion Awards in 2017, and…

Andrew McMillen’s Journalist Portfolio

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Susan, Unbroken

Susan, Unbroken

Her husband’s suicide was devastating. But Susan Bryant was determined to call it out.

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Dying Wish

Dying Wish

Few terminally ill Australians get to spend their final days at home. When it happens, it can be the greatest…

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How Australia Bungled Its $36 Billion High-Speed Internet Rollout

How Australia Bungled Its $36 Billion High-Speed Internet Rollout

Australia, a wealthy nation with a widely envied quality of life, lags in one essential area of modern life: …

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Wikipedia Is Not Therapy!

Wikipedia Is Not Therapy!

How the online encyclopedia manages mental illness and suicide threats in its volunteer community.

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School Of Hard Knocks

School Of Hard Knocks

Sick children need schooling too. At Lady Cilento Children's Hospital School, learning proves positively infe…

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The Cop At The End Of The World

The Cop At The End Of The World

The longest serving officer at Australia’s most remote police outpost, Neale McShane is about to retire. But …

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Articles

What happens when AI music tools infiltrate the art of songwriting?

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By Andrew McMillen Verified
| Stockhead Verified
Listening to your favourite songs is akin to sightseeing in the places you know best. Press play on a treasured recording and you’re cruising the streets of your town accompanied by tunes that remind you of who you were, who you are, and who you yet might be. Not so long ago, the only way to hear music was to be physically near the sound of live performers.
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Andrew McMillen at The Australian

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By Andrew McMillen Verified
| Stockhead Verified
Get the latest Stockhead news delivered free to your inbox For investors, getting access to the right information is critical. Stockhead’s daily newsletters make things simple: Markets coverage, company profiles and industry insights from Australia’s best business journalists – all collated and delivered straight to your inbox every day. Markets coverage, company profiles and industry insights from Australia’s best business journalists – all collated and delivered straight to your inbox every day.
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The Green List: Peter Garrett on the ‘high-risk’, ‘cruel joke’ of nuclear energy

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By Andrew McMillen Verified, Christina MacPherson
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The Green List: Peter Garrett on the ‘high-risk’, ‘cruel joke’ of nuclear energy The Midnight Oil frontman, former politician and environmentalist says the idea that Australia needs a more expensive and riskier technology when it has an abundance of sun, wind and flowing water is ‘a cruel joke’. Andrew McMillen, The AUSTRALIAN, November 22, 2024.
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Queensland Clarion Awards

2016 - Freelance Journalism

Winner - 'Freelance Journalist of the Year'​ at Queensland Clarion Awards, September 2016. http://clarions.org

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Queensland Literary Awards

2016 - Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Awards

Finalist - 'Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Awards' at Queensland Literary Awards, September 2016

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Queensland Clarion Awards

2015 - Freelance Journalism

Winner - 'Freelance Journalist of the Year'​ at Queensland Clarion Awards, August 2015. http://clarions.org

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Queensland Literary Awards

2015 - Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Awards

Finalist - 'Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Awards' at Queensland Literary Awards, September 2015

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Queensland Clarion Awards

2017 - Freelance Journalism

Winner - 'Freelance Journalist of the Year'​ at Queensland Clarion Awards, August 2017.

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Queensland Clarion Awards

2017 - Feature Writing

Winner - 'Feature Writing' category​ at Queensland Clarion Awards, August 2017, for my story in The Weekend Australian Magazine, 'Dying Wish': http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/dying-wish/news-story/d80438f11e2648891afd5dcf26d3fe00

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