Toni Hassan

Toni Hassan (born 1972) is an Australian journalist, a writer with an interest in contemporary social issues,

Biography Hassan was born in South Africa, settling in Australia with her parents in the late 1970s. She attended Mackellar Girls High and completed a Bachelor of Arts, Communication at Charles Sturt University, before pursuing a career as a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Canberra Times, Fairfax Media and Nine Newspapers.

In 2001, she was awarded a Walkley Award for her radio documentary "The Health of Asylum Seekers in Detention". Broadcast as part of the ABC's Health Report, Hassan explored the services available to asylum seekers and the implications of long-term detention. Hassan was also awarded a Human Rights Media Award by the Australian Human Rights Commission for excellence in journalism.

Hassan is an Adjunct Research Fellow with the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Charles Sturt University. She is well-known for her ongoing interest in community development, government policy and human rights and contributes to the online public policy journal Pearls and Irritations.

Hassan is an emerging artist: her work has been influenced by her early years living in South Africa during the Soweto Riots, as well as ongoing issues of human trafficking and social justice. Hassan's social art practice can be seen as "an intersection of the secular and the sacred".

Education 1990–1993, Bachelor of Arts, Communication, Charles Sturt University 2015–2018, Bachelor of Visual Arts, The Australian National University

Publications

Exhibitions 2021 "Together alone", Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka 2020 "Stations of the Cross", Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School, Northmead, NSW 2020 Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW 2018 "Alone together", ACT Legislative Assembly, Canberra

Personal life Hassan is married to economist, journalist and commentator Peter Martin.