Edmund Tadros and Neil Chenoweth of the Australian Financial Review have won the Gold Walkley for their reporting on the PwC Tax Leaks Scandal.
“Clearly the most outstanding piece of journalism of the year," the judges said.
"This is powerful, important, brave reporting that uncovered the infiltration of consultants into government. This work shows the power of journalism to hold corporations to account.”
The two journalists were also being awarded awards for Business Journalism, Investigative Journalism and their team effort in Coverage of a Major News Event or Issue.
“Tonight has been one of the Financial Review’s greatest Walkley nights, with Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros’ Gold Walkley and three other Walkleys for the PwC scandal that has been the business story of the year," said Michael Stutchbury, editor in chief, and Fiona Buffini, editor, of The Australian Financial Review.
Eight women were honoured for their Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. This award is presented by the Walkley Foundation directors who decided in 2023 to redress a historic gender imbalance in the awarding of this honour that recognises the breadth of a journalist’s career. Geraldine Doogue, Karla Grant, Joanne McCarthy, Kate McClymont, Colleen Ryan, Marian Wilkinson, Pamela Williams and Caroline Wilson were honoured for their service to the craft.
The Walkley Judging Board also unanimously decided to present Chris Masters and Nick McKenzie with a special prize, the Walkley Honour for Media Freedom, to recognise their Ben Roberts-Smith stories published in The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and on Nine/60 Minutes from 2018 to 2023.
The 68th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism were presented in 30 categories at an event in Sydney.
PRINT/TEXT NEWS REPORT
Paul Sakkal, The Age, ‘Daniel Andrews Under Direct Investigation in Operation Daintree’ (1,2,3）
FEATURE WRITING SHORT (UNDER 4000 WORDS)
Award Partner The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
Jeremy Story Carter, ABC News, ‘Kick in Hope’
FEATURE WRITING LONG (OVER 4000 WORDS)
Award Partner MEAA
Anna Verney and Richard Cooke, The Monthly, ‘Being John Hughes’
ALL MEDIA: COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS, OPINION AND CRITIQUE
Award Partner Thomson Geer Lawyers
John Lyons, ABC, ‘Body of Work’ (1,2,3)
ALL MEDIA: EXPLANATORY JOURNALISM
Rick Morton, The Saturday Paper, ‘The Robodebt Royal Commission’( 1, 2,3)
ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
Carrie Fellner, Katrina McGowan, Rhett Wyman and Mathew Cornwell, The Sydney Morning Herald, iKandy Films, ‘Paradise Poisoned’ (1,2,3)
ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS
Award Partner BHP
Daniel Clarke, Fox Docos, Binge, The Advertiser, ‘Lost in the Woods’ and ‘Island Lifesavers’
ALL MEDIA: CARTOON
Award Partner Epson
Badiucao, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Badiucao’
ALL MEDIA: SPORTS JOURNALISM
Award Partner University of Queensland
David Mark, ABC 7.30 and ABC News, ‘“After Almost 30 Years, These Women are Finally Seeing Justice”: The Investigation into Paedophile Rock Climbing Coach, Stephen Mitchell’
SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY
Quinn Rooney, Getty Images, ‘Beauty In Sport’
AUDIO SHORT (UNDER 20 MINUTES)
Award Partner ABC
Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, ABC Radio, AM, ‘Türkiye Earthquake Disaster’
AUDIO LONG (OVER 20 MINUTES)
Award Partner MinterEllison
Dying Rose Team, The Advertiser, ‘Dying Rose’
DIGITAL MEDIA: INNOVATION JOURNALISM
Award Partner News Corp Australia
The Visual Stories Team, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘How to Lay a Perfect Offside Trap – and How to Break It’
ALL MEDIA: SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Award Partner The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
Josh Hanrahan and Mark Morri, The Daily Telegraph, ‘Cooma Taser Scandal’ ($)
ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF A MAJOR NEWS EVENT OR ISSUE
Award Partner Sky News Australia
The Australian Financial Review Team, The Australian Financial Review, ‘PwC Tax Leaks Scandal – AFR Coverage’(1,2,3,4,5,6)
NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Ian Munro, The West Australian, ‘Banksia Hill Riot’
ALL MEDIA: SPECIALIST AND BEAT REPORTING
Rick Morton, The Saturday Paper and 7am, ‘The Robodebt Royal Commission’ (1,2,3)
ALL MEDIA: BUSINESS JOURNALISM
Award Partner ING Australia
Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros, The Australian Financial Review, ‘PwC Tax Leaks Scandal’ (1,2,3)
FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY
Award Partner Canva
Justin McManus, The Sunday Age and The Age Online, ‘Leaving the Land of Plenty’
TELEVISION/VIDEO: CAMERAWORK
Matt Davis, ABC, Foreign Correspondent and ABC News, ‘Surviving in Somalia’ and ‘Canada on Fire’ (1,2,3)
TELEVISION/VIDEO: NEWS REPORTING
Award Partner Seven
Ben Lewis and Colin Cosier, SBS World News, ‘Ukraine: One Year On’
TELEVISION/VIDEO: CURRENT AFFAIRS SHORT (UNDER 20 MINUTES)
Award Partner SBS
Gavin Blyth, Michelle Elias, Jennifer Luu and Jodie Noyce, SBS, The Feed, ‘Uncovering Incels’ (1,2)
TELEVISION/VIDEO: CURRENT AFFAIRS LONG (OVER 20 MINUTES)
Award Partner TEN News First
Nick McKenzie, Amelia Ballinger and Joel Tozer, Nine, 60 Minutes, ‘Trafficked’
ALL MEDIA: INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM
Award Partner Sydney Airport
Marty Smiley and Leah Donovan, ABC, Foreign Correspondent, ‘Inside Iran: The Fight Continues’ (1,2)
ALL MEDIA: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Award Partner The Guardian
Edmund Tadros and Neil Chenoweth, The Australian Financial Review, ‘PwC Tax Leaks Scandal’（1,2,3）
LONGFORM JOURNALISM: DOCUMENTARY AWARD
The Dark Emu Story, Darren Dale, Belinda Mravicic, Jacob Hickey and Allan Clarke, Blackfella Films / ABC
LONGFORM JOURNALISM: WALKLEY BOOK AWARD
Award Partner Banki Haddock Fiora
Antony Loewenstein, The Palestine Laboratory, Scribe Publications
NIKON-WALKLEY PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Award Partner Nikon
Jake Nowakowski, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph, ‘Jake Nowakowski’
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO JOURNALISM
Geraldine Doogue, Karla Grant, Joanne McCarthy, Kate McClymont, Colleen Ryan, Marian Wilkinson, Pamela Williams and Caroline Wilson.
WALKLEY HONOUR FOR MEDIA FREEDOM
Chris Masters and Nick McKenzie, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and Nine/60 Minutes
2023 GOLD WALKLEY
Edmund Tadros and Neil Chenoweth, The Australian Financial Review, ‘PwC Tax Leaks Scandal’
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