JONATHAN O’BRIEN — DATA·STRATEGY·COMMS
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 JONATHAN O’BRIEN                                                                   [HOME] [WRITING] [PROJECTS] [ADVISORY] [CV]
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   YEAR    TITLE                            KIND        DETAIL                         STATUS
 ● 2027    BOUNDLESS                        BOOK        HARDIE GRANT                   FORTHCOMING
 ○ 2026    AUSTRALIAN ZONING ATLAS          RESEARCH    LEAD RESEARCHER                PUBLISHED                       [OPEN ↗]
 ● 2025    INFLECTION POINTS                MAGAZINE    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF                ONGOING                         [OPEN ↗]
 ○ 2025    EMERGENT VENTURES                AWARD       MERCATUS CENTER                AWARDEE                         [OPEN ↗]
 ● 2023    YIMBY MELBOURNE                  ORG         FOUNDER / CEO                  ONGOING                         [OPEN ↗]
 ○ 2023    QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARD        AWARD       YOUNG WRITER & PUBLISHER       WINNER                          [OPEN ↗]

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 THE BIGGEST HOUSING BUDGET WIN HAS         MY FIRST BOOK, BOUNDLESS, WILL BE OUT IN   Sent when there is something to send.
 NOTHING TO DO WITH NEGATIVE GEARING        2027
 It’s the incentives, stupid.               The untapped potential of Australian
                                            land, co-written with Howard Maclean and
                                            published by Pantera.

 [OPEN ↗]                                   [OPEN ↗]

+-- ABOUT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN SHORT --+
 Jonathan O'Brien is the CEO of [YIMBY Melbourne ↗], Australia's foremost supply-side policy organisation. He is also the
 Editor-in-Chief of long-form policy journal [Inflection Points ↗], and a Queensland Literary Award–winning writer and
 publisher.

 Jonathan’s first non-fiction book, [Boundless ↗], will be out with Hardie Grant in 2027. He is a 10% pledger with [Giving What
 We Can ↗].

 [JONATHAN@JONOBRI.COM »]

+-- MULTITUDES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELF-CONTAINED --+
+-- WRITING -------------------------------+-- PROJECTS ------------------------------+-- ADVISORY ----------------------------+
 I am a Queensland Literary                 I bring together rigorous data,            I undertake complex,
 Award–winning writer and publisher of      attentive editing, and robust tools to     communications-first work, to help
 research, non-fiction, and fiction.        build the evidence and organisations       build understanding within teams and
                                            that make the world better.                across industries.
 My first book, Boundless, will be
 published in 2027.                         [EXPLORE MY OUTPUTS]                       Because people are most impactful
                                                                                       where knowledge is both shared and
 [READ MY WORK]                                                                        accessible.

                                                                                       [WORK WITH ME]


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