James Button was a feature writer, deputy editor, and Europe correspondent for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. In 2009-2010, in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, he wrote speeches for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, detailed in his book Speechless: A Year in My Father’s Business. He authored Comeback: The Fall and Rise of Geelong and co- authored Bhutan to Blacktown: Losing Everything and Finding Australia. James has won three Walkley awards and a Melbourne Press Club Quill award. He spent six years at the Grattan Institute and now works as a writer, speechwriter, and editor.
James Button
