Neil McInnes (1924–2017)
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For the former Australian politician Neil Malcolm McInnes, see Neil McInnes (politician). For the former lawn bowler, see Neil McInnes (bowls).
Neil McInnes AM (6 September 1924 – 28 April 2017[1]) was an Australian intellectual, journalist and senior public servant.
His career as a journalist spanned the mid-1940s to the late 1970s in Australia, India and France. His scholarly work focused on the theoretical underpinnings of Marxism as well as the communist parties of Western Europe. In the Australian public service, he occupied several high level posts in intelligence and security from the late 1970s to 2009.