Stan Grant Biography
Stan Grant has been a journalist, writer, and radio and television broadcaster in Australia since the 1990s. He has written and talked about Aboriginal issues as well as his own Aboriginal identity. He is Wiradjuri in origin.
How old is Stan Grant? – Age
He is 59 years old as of 30 September 2022. He was born in 1963 in Griffith, Australia.
Stan Grant Family
Grant was the son of Wiradjuri elder Stan Grant Sr and Betty Grant (nee Cameron), who was born near Coonabarabran, the daughter of a white woman and a Kamilaroi Aboriginal man. The Wiradjuri are an Aboriginal Australian people from New South Wales’ south-west inland region. He spent much of his boyhood in central Victoria, where the Wiradjuri are also present.
Are Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes married? – Wife
Grant was married to Karla Grant and had three children with her. His romance with fellow TV journalist Tracey Holmes resulted in a well-publicized marriage break-up in 2000, prior to the Sydney Olympic Games. With CNN, he and Holmes relocated to Hong Kong. They stayed for two years with their baby boy, Jesse, before relocating to Beijing, China, with CNN, for a total of 14 years in Asia.
Stan Grant Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $6 Million.
Stan Grant Illness
Grant has spoken out about his difficulties with mental illness and the racism he suffered as an Aboriginal guy growing up. Grant spoke on the toll that reporting terrible events and encountering racism had put on him throughout his life in a keynote address to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in Sydney.
Grant described how being exposed to terrible news had brought him to the edge of suicide. He described his overwhelming emotions as a “swelling wave” that made him feel that terminating his own life was the only way out. He was able to overcome his suicidal thoughts with the support of mental health doctors and his wife.
Grant also revealed his displeasure with his old company, ABC, and how they handled his mental health. He said that his issues with mental illness were exacerbated by a hostile work environment and a lack of support. Despite this, Grant appreciated the help he received from mental health professionals and his wife in recovering and moving on.
Grant’s narrative has drawn attention to the mental health issues that journalists and Indigenous Australians face. His willingness to acknowledge his challenges and the support he received emphasizes the significance of seeking help and discussing mental health issues openly. Grant’s work for mental health awareness has inspired many people and serves as a reminder of the need of supporting individuals who are suffering from mental illness.
Stan Grant Talking to My Country
Talking to My Country, Grant’s second book, was released in February 2016. The mistreatment of Adam Goodes in 2015 inspired the book’s creation. Talking to My Country was defined in a Saturday Paper review as “Australia viewed from the riverbank on the outskirts of town; great affection mixed with discomfort about, ‘Advance Australia Fair'” (the national song). The Australian Dream Blood, History, and Becoming was published in Black Inc.’s Quarterly Essay in November 2016.
Stan Grant Australia Day
Grant released his third book, Australia Day, in 2019, as a follow-up to Talking to My Country about what it means to be an Australian.
Stan Grant Books
On Identity was released in hardcopy and e-book format in both English and Wiradjuri in 2019. Grant “asks why, when it comes to identity, he is asked to choose between black and white” and “argues that it is time to leave identity behind and embrace cosmopolitanism” (catalogue blurb). Tell the entire world: An Indigenous Memoir was released in the United States in 2019.
Stan Grant Falling of the Dusk
In 2021, With the Falling of the Dusk, subtitled A Chronicle of the World in Crisis, was published.
Stan Grant ABC
Grant joined ABC in 2017 as editor of Indigenous Affairs and fill-in host of the nightly current affairs show 7.30. Grant also presented The Link, a Friday night talk show. Grant began hosting a major national night current affairs show, Matter of Fact, on ABC News TV Channel and ABC News Radio in 2018. He was also named ABC News Network’s main Asia correspondent. The program was canceled after 10 months, on November 29, 2018, following which he began a new post as an Indigenous and International Affairs Analyst with the ABC, while also holding a professorship at Griffith University (see below). Grant relocated to Doha, Qatar’s capital city, in 2019 to begin work with Al Jazeera English.
Grant was introduced as ABC’s International Affairs Analyst in September 2020, with the broadcaster citing his previous journalistic experience in China affairs. This was notable because the ABC reporters working in China, Bill Birtles and Mike Smith were evacuated from China on the advice of Australia’s chief spy agency, the Australian Security and Intelligence Organization; the evacuation of the reporters resulted in a brief diplomatic standoff.
Grant will host a series of episodes discussing identity for ABC’s long-form interview show One Plus One in December 2020. Grant launched ABC’s China Tonight program in 2021, which examines Chinese culture and politics for an Australian audience.