Benjamin Law is an Australian writer and broadcaster.
He’s the author of The Family Law (2010), Gaysia (2013), the Quarterly Essay Moral Panic 101 (2017) and editor of Growing Up Queer in Australia (2019).
Benjamin is also an AWGIE Award-winning screenwriter. His forthcoming play for Melbourne Theatre Company is Dying: A Memoir (Oct–Nov 2025). He’s the co-executive producer, co-creator and co-writer of the Netflix comedy-drama Wellmania (2023), playwright of Melbourne Theatre Company’s sold-out play Torch the Place (2020), and creator and co-writer of three seasons of the award-winning SBS/Hulu/Comedy Central Asia TV series The Family Law (2016–2019).
One of Australia’s most prolific interviewers, Benjamin has deep-dived with Jennifer Coolidge to a crowd of 8000, Martha Stewart to an audience of 3500, and interviewed the likes of Bernie Sanders, Gloria Steinem, David Suzuki, Michelle Yeoh, Behrouz Boochani, Matthew McConaughey, Roxane Gay, David Sedaris and Brian Cox – both the English physicist and Scottish actor – for his weekly column in Good Weekend.Â
As a broadcaster, he’s hosted ABC TV’s two-part feature documentary on Chinese-Australian history Waltzing the Dragon, ABC TV’s Compass,  and co-hosted ABC Radio’s Stop Everything with Beverley Wang for half a decade. He has also appeared on TV shows like Australian Survivor (Ten), Filthy Rich and Homeless (SBS), Q&A (ABC), The Drum (ABC) and The Project (Ten). He has also written for over 50 publications in Australia and beyond—including the Monthly, frankie, Guardian, Monocle and Australian Financial Review.Â
He is a board member of Story Factory and Co-Curious, and an ambassador for Plan International Australia, the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation, Victorian Pride Centre, Bridge for Asylum Seekers and the Pinnacle Foundation.
Benjamin has a PhD in creative writing and cultural studies from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). In 2019, he was voted one of the 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians, winning the Arts & Culture category of the Asian-Australian Leadership Awards.
He works and lives on Gadigal Country, part of the Eora Nation (Sydney, Australia).
Testimonials
“Benjamin was a brilliant addition to the 2026 Asia Pacific Arts Awards. His personable and relaxed approach to interviewing our guests and nominees put everyone at ease in front of the camera – not an easy feat! It’s always a joy working with him, and we look forward to connecting again in future.”
“Ben was an absolute delight to work with, and everything went really well. He and Loani had great chemistry on stage, and the conversation provided the energy I had hoped it would.
A fantastic experience and I wouldn’t hesitate to work with Ben again or recommend him to others.
Thank you to Speaking Out also for being awesome to deal with in the booking process.”
“It was a delight to have Benjamin present the Andrew Sayers Memorial lecture – his talk was exactly what we had hoped it would be, opening up ideas about the role of portraiture in contemporary society and the continuing legacy of the past. He was amusing but delivered commentary that was designed to make us all think.”
“The event was an absolute success, in significant part to Benjamin of course. He was wonderful. Just as we’d expected, he pitched it perfectly and the content was funny, intelligent, totally relevant and contextualised in relation to the Centre. We couldn’t be happier.”
“Working with Ben has been a total delight – his warmth, humour and ability to moderate and engage in conversations on virtually any topic was such an incredible asset to our project. He made all our interviewees feel right at home and totally comfortable in sharing their stories. We felt he cared about our project and what we were trying to achieve as much as we did, and it shows in the amazing quality of the work he did for us. We just love Ben!!”
“Could you please let Benjamin know how much his performance was enjoyed and how thrilled we were to have him speak at our Gala Dinner. He was such a lovely guest – so friendly and easy to get on with – he charmed everyone. The feedback from people attending the dinner has been outstanding so please pass on our thanks to him for helping us to have a wonderful event.”
“KSP Writers’ Centre would like to thank Booked Out for lending us the fabulous Benjamin Law and Oliver Phommavanh for our Writers Festival in the Perth hills. Our five events, held over a weekend in April, were all well attended, especially our Literary Dinner where Ben delivered an insightful and engaging keynote speech. Feedback from guests has been overwhelmingly positive. We are incredibly happy with the high calibre professionalism and delightful presence of all our guest writers. They lifted our Festival to a new level of success. Absolutely satisfied!”