JONATHAN O’BRIEN — WRITING
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 JONATHAN O’BRIEN                                                                   [HOME] [WRITING] [PROJECTS] [ADVISORY] [CV]
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 Writing is a technology
 for seeking truth.

 I am a Queensland Literary Award–winning writer and publisher of research,
 non-fiction, and fiction. My first book, Boundless, will be published in 2027.



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 Australia’s housing crisis, its stalled energy transition, and its productivity      +-- BUILT 1967. BANNED 1971. ------------+
 slump have one big driver in common: the rules that decide what gets built across    |                                        |
 our nation’s land.                                                                   |             .:--==---:::...            |
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 Australia has boundless plains to share. But for the past sixty years we’ve been     |   ::====#%===--:....::::-.-%%#=.       |
 busy putting up fences.                                                              |    :==-=**-:---++++=--=--::#**=.       |
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 This book is about taking them down.                                                 |    :++=+++-::::::::::::::.-#+*=.       |
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 Boundless: The Australia We Can Choose will be published by Hardie Grant in 2027.    |    :++=+*+-:::--:. ..:.:::-=+*=.       |
 It is my first non-fiction book, written with Howard Maclean.                        |:==+====*##==*:::.=%*%:----:-::-.       |
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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.

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 QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARD YOUNG WRITERS    ALL THE BOYS SHE EVER LOVED                EVERY IDEA I HAD FOR MY AUSTRALIAN
 AND PUBLISHERS PRIZE                       Published in the Griffith Review, 2023.    LITERATURE SHORT STORY COLLECTION
 A collection of creative projects,                                                    Published in Award Winning Australian
 produced over the 2014–23 decade.                                                     Writing, 2018.

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+-- OTHER SELECTIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   YEAR    TITLE                            KIND        DETAIL                         STATUS
 ○ 2025    HOUSING CRISIS MANAGEMENT        ESSAY       FINANCIAL REVIEW               PUBLISHED                       [OPEN ↗]
 ○ 2025    THE PROBLEM WITH PLANNING        ESSAY       INFLECTION POINTS              PUBLISHED                       [OPEN ↗]
 ○ 2024    YIMBYS AND GUY RUNDLE            OP-ED       CRIKEY                         PUBLISHED                       [OPEN ↗]
 ○ 2021    A STREET ZINE                    EDITED      PSEUDONAJA GROUP               PUBLISHED                       [OPEN ↗]
 ○ 2021    ISSUES                           SHORT STORY VOICEWORKS                     PUBLISHED
 ○ 2020    A () ZINE                        EDITED      PSEUDONAJA GROUP               PUBLISHED                       [OPEN ↗]
 ○ 2018    THE CONSPIRATOR                  EDITED      HOUSE CONSPIRACY               PUBLISHED                       [OPEN ↗]
 ○ 2015    FREQUENT FLYER                   SHORT STORY AWARD-WINNING AU WRITING       PUBLISHED

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