Gold Walkley

The Gold Walkley is the most prestigious of the Walkley Awards for Australian journalism.[1] It is chosen by the Walkley Advisory Board from the winners of all the other categories (excluding the Journalism Leadership and Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism awards). It has been awarded annually since 1978.

List of Gold Walkley Award winners
OrderYearRecipient(s)Program / TitleLocation / PublisherStory / IssueReference
1.1978Catherine MartinThe West AustralianPerthThe impact of asbestos–related diseases on the mining community in Wittenoom Gorge[2]
2.1979Ron TandbergThe AgeMelbourneCartoon: The public and the real Malcolm Fraser[3]
3.1980Leslie Grant HeadingABCHobart1980 Ash Wednesday bushfires[4]
4.1981John LewisThe Newcastle HeraldNewcastleAttempted takeover of NBN Television.[5]
5.1982Kerry O'BrienATN Channel 7SydneyCircle of Poison, an investigation into adverse health affects arising from the usage of popular chemicals in Australia[6]
6.1983Mary Delahunty and Alan HallFour CornersABC TV
7.1984Jan MaymanThe AgeMelbourne (freelance)Death of John Pat, a 16-year-old Aboriginal Australian youth who died in police custody[7]
8.1985Chris Masters and Bruce BelshamFour CornersABC TVSinking of the Rainbow Warrior[8]
9.1986Ron TandbergThe AgeMelbourneCartoon highlighting the demarcation dispute between Bob Hawke and Paul Keating[9]
10.1987Phil DickieThe Courier-MailBrisbaneCorruption in the Queensland Police Service which led to the Fitzgerald Inquiry[10]
11.1988Norman SwanRadio NationalABC RadioAllegations of scientific fraud against Foundation 41 founder Dr William McBride[11]
12.1989Alan Tate and Paul BaileyThe Sydney Morning HeraldSydney
13.1990Janet HawleyThe Good WeekendFairfax Media
14.1991Monica AttardABC Radio1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt[12]
15.1992Jenny BrockieABC TVCop it Sweet, a documentary investigating the police treatment of Indigenous Australians in Redfern[13]
16.1993Phillip Chubb and Sue SpencerABC TVLabor in Power, a documentary series about the inner workings of a governing political party[14]
17.1994Peter McEvoyRadio NationalABC RadioInvestigation into air safety following the Monarch Airlines disaster, near Young[15]
18.1995David BentleyThe Courier-MailBrisbaneThe Helen Demidenko literary scandal[16]
19.1996Peter HartcherThe Australian Financial Review
20.1997Mary-Louise O'CallaghanThe AustralianThe Sandline Crisis: How the PNG government hired a mercenary group in an effort to crush the Bougainville rebels
21.1998Pamela WilliamsThe Australian Financial ReviewA plan to smash a union: The dispute involving Patricks' stevedores questioned the role of the Federal Government and the Maritime Union
22.1999Richard Ackland, Deborah Richards and Anne ConnollyMedia WatchABC TVCash for comment: Exposed Alan Jones, John Laws, and Radio 2UE's Cash for comment affair[17]
23.2000Mark DavisDatelineSBS TVTimor Intelligence: How much Australia's intelligence services knew about the violence surrounding East Timor's independence election
24.2001Andrew RuleThe AgeMelbourneGeoff Clarke: Power and rape: Allegations of sexual abuse by ATSIC chairman Geoff Clarke
25.2002Kate McClymont and Anne DaviesThe Sydney Morning HeraldSydneyBulldogs salary cap scandal: Overpayment of Bulldogs' players led to a corruption inquiry by the NRL
26.2003Richard MoranNational Nine NewsNine NetworkCanberra Bushfires: Filming of the firefighting process of the ACT fires, while still managing to help evacuees
27.2004Neil Chenoweth, Shraga Elam, Colleen Ryan,
Andrew Main, and Rosemarie Graffagnini		Australian Financial ReviewRivkin's Swiss Bank Scandal: The unknown business dealings of Rene Rivkin
28.2005Tim PalmerABCAceh Tsunami and Jakarta Embassy Bomb: Extensive, innovative and courageous coverage of South Asia[18]
29.2006Liz Jackson, Lin Buckfield, Peter CronauFour CornersABC TVStoking the Fires: Arming of a civilian militia in East Timor after the country's independence process[19][20]
30.2007Hedley ThomasThe AustralianDr Haneef: Arrest of Gold Coast doctor Muhamed Haneef[21]
31.2008Ross Coulthart and Nick FarrowSundayNine NetworkButcher of Bega: Investigation of a doctor's alleged malpractice and incompetence in Bega[22]
32.2009Gary HughesThe AustralianThe Black Saturday bushfires[23]
33.2010Laurie OakesNine NewsNine NetworkLabor leaks during the 2010 election campaign[24]
34.2011Sarah Ferguson, Michael Doyle and Anne WorthingtonFour CornersABC TVA Bloody Business: Cruelty inflicted on Australian cattle exported to Indonesian abattoirs[25][26]
35.2012Steve PennellsThe West AustralianPerthCoverage of Gina Rinehart's feud with her children and an asylum seeker boat tragedy[27]
36.2013Joanne McCarthyThe Newcastle HeraldNewcastleSex abuse in the Catholic Church in the Hunter region[28]
37.2014Adele Ferguson, Deb Masters and Mario ChristodoulouFour CornersABC TVBanking Bad: Financial planning and advice offered by the Commonwealth Bank and other organisations[29][30][31]
38.2015Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark, Max MurchFour CornersABC TVMaking a Killing: Live baiting in the Australian greyhound industry.
39.2016Andrew QuiltyFreelanceThe Man on the Operating Table[32]
40.2017Michael Bachelard and Kate GeraghtyThe AgeMelbourneSurviving IS: Stories of Mosul[33]
41.2018Hedley Thomas and Slade GibsonThe AustralianThe Teacher's Pet (podcast)[34]
42.2019Anthony Dowsley and Patrick CarlyonHerald SunMelbourneLawyer X Informer Scandal[35]

References
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  13. "ABC journalists wins top award". The Canberra Times. 28 November 1992. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  14. "'Labor in Power' takes out Walkley". The Canberra Times. 2 December 1993. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  15. "Top award for ABC journalist". The Canberra Times. 1 December 1994. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  16. "Qld journalist wins Gold Walkley". The Canberra Times. 1 December 1995. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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  19. "Walkley Award winners announced". The Age. Melbourne. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
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  21. "Haneef story gets Thomas a Gold Walkley". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
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  29. "2014 Walkley awards: The Age takes top gongs". The Age. Melbourne. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  30. "Walkley Awards: Fairfax business reporter Adele Ferguson strikes gold". The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  31. "Adele Ferguson, Deb Masters and Mario Christodoulou". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  32. "Walkley Awards: Andrew Quilty wins gold for photo of Kunduz hospital bombing aftermath". ABC. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  33. "Michael Bachelard and Kate Geraghty win Gold at 62nd Walkley Awards for Mosul coverage". Walkley Foundation. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  34. "Hit podcast The Teacher's Pet wins the 2018 Gold Walkley Award". Walkley Foundation. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  35. "Herald Sun's "Lawyer X" wins 2019 Gold Walkley Award". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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