Cassandra Wilkinson
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Cassandra Wilkinson OAM is an Australian author and the former president and co-founder of FBi Radio.[1] She is married to former Australian politician Paul McLeay.
Wilkinson was a columnist for the newspaper The Australian.[2] She wrote Don't Panic – Nearly Everything is Better Than You Think, published by Pluto Press in 2007.[3] and The Kids Are Alright – 10 Good Reasons to Relax and Let Kids Be Kids. She has made presentations at the Sydney Writers' Festival and the Festival of Dangerous Ideas.[4] She has written individual chapters on happiness economics in Happiness (Spinney Press, 2008) and on effective programs for the poor in Right Social Justice (Connor Court, 2012). She contributed to So You Want to Be a Leader.[5]
She was regular commentator for Sky News Agenda, The Bolt Report and ABC's The Drum. She was featured in Best Australian Science Writing 2012 (UNSW Press). She has written on innovation in public policy in The Three Sector Solution (ANU 2014).[6] Wilkinson's play After Dinner Mince was performed at the Sydney Fringe Festival Big Competition for Little Plays in 1998.
