Imre Salusinszky (born 1955) is an Australian journalist, political adviser and

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academic who is currently media adviser to former Australian Government

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, Paul Fletcher.

Background and career

Born in

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, Salusinszky and his family came to Australia as refugees following the 1956 Hungarian uprising. He was educated at

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, the

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, and the

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, where he completed a

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in English literature. He lectured at

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and at the University of Melbourne, prior to taking up tenure as an associate professor in the English Department at the University of Newcastle. He started writing for ''

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'' in 1994, and featured for several years on the '' Coodabeen Champions'', on ABC Radio, as well as on ''

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''. He was an editorial advisor for ''

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,'' a political reporter and columnist for ''

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'', and wrote for the ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the Literature Board of the

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for a three-year term. Penguin publishing director Bob Sessions praised his appointment: "I think it's terrific," he said. "Fresh blood with a good knowledge of the industry." However, former Australia Council Chair,

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, criticised it as right-wing political bias. Salusinszky served as media adviser for former

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, from 2013 and 2017. In 2019 Salusinsky published, ''The Hilton Bombing: Evan Pederick and the Ananda Marga,'' which denied the existence of evidence of a conspiracy and provided evidence that Pederick was responsible for the

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. It was shortlisted for the 2020

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. In 2023, he was a

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at the ELTE School of English and American Studies.

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References

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