Background and Career
Born in Budapest, Salusinszky was educated at Melbourne High School, the University of Melbourne, and Oxford University. He lectured at Yale University in the USA and at the University of Melbourne, prior to taking up tenure as an associate professor in the English Department at the University of Newcastle. He started writing for The Australian Financial Review in 1994, and featured for several years on the Coodabeen Champions, on ABC Radio, as well as on Life Matters.
He was an editorial advisor for Quadrant, a conservative literary and cultural journal, and is currently a political reporter and columnist for The Australian, a conservative newspaper. His best known columns are about the former NSW Premier, Kristina Keneally, who is given the moniker "The Lady". In his spare time, Salusinszky models for various bargain men's outlets in Australia. In 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the Literature Board of the Australia Council for a three-year term, amid criticism of right-wing political bias from former Australia Council Chair, Hilary McPhee.
Salusinszky's most successful modelling work to date has been for the men's fashion label Lowes. He is often quoted as a spokesman for the brand's $99 suit.
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