Caro Meldrum-Hanna

Caro Meldrum-Hanna is an Australian investigative journalist.[1]

Meldrum-Hanna is best known for her work with ABC Television's Four Corners program.[2][3][4][5]

Among Meldrum-Hanna's stories on Four Corners, two notable reports are an investigation into the treatment of juveniles at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre entitled "Australia's Shame" and an investigation into a greyhound racing live baiting scandal entitled "Making a Killing".[6][7]

For "Making a Killing", Meldrum-Hanna was the co-recipient of the 2015 Gold Walkley, shared with producer Sam Clark and researcher Max Murch.[8]

Meldrum-Hanna is also known for a three-part ABC documentary which aired in 2018, Exposed: The Case of Keli Lane, which explored the case of waterpolo player Keli Lane, who was convicted of murdering her newborn daughter in 1996.[9][10][11]

In 2015, Meldrum-Hanna spoke of the tribulations of being a female journalist covering sporting issues, recalling an alleged incident in which two male radio presenters in Adelaide insinuated during a live interview that she must have had a sexual relationship with sports scientist Stephen Dank for him to have granted her an interview during the Essendon Football Club supplements saga when he had refused other interview requests.[12] According to Meldrum-Hanna, an apology was offered which she refused.[13]

Meldrum-Hanna is a graduate of the University of Technology Sydney.[14]