Michael Bachelard is an Australian journalist and author. His first book, The Great Land Grab: what every Australian should know about Wik, Mabo and the Ten-Point Plan, was published in 1997. In 1998 he joined The Australian to work in its Melbourne bureau, where he covered the workplace, business, and politics. In 2006 he was appointed to The Age as an investigative reporter and later became Indonesia correspondent for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. He has worked as investigations editor, world editor, and, for two years, deputy editor of The Age. He has won multiple national awards for reporting, writing, and podcasting, including the Gold Walkley in 2017 for his coverage of the war against the Islamic State. He's now a Senior Writer at The Age.
