Nick McKenzie.
The Building Bad investigation has won the 2024 Gold Walkley for reports broken by a team of journalists across The Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review and 60 Minutes.
The winner was selected unanimously by the Walkley Judging Board as the story of the year.
The judges declared it "an incredible, courageous feat of investigative journalism with huge ramifications. A story Australian journalists have been trying to tell for decades".
The Building Bad Team is Nick McKenzie from The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes, David Marin-Guzman from The Australian Financial Review, Ben Schneiders from The Age, Garry McNab and Amelia Ballinger from 60 Minutes, and Reid Butler from Nine News.
Nick Moir was named the Nikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year for his portfolio of work published in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Andrew Fowler took out the Walkley Book Award for Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty (Melbourne University Publishing).
And How To Poison A Planet won the Walkley Documentary Award, made by Katrina McGowan, Janine Hosking, Mat Cornwell and Carrie Fellner (iKandy Films and Stan).
Business journalist Robert Gottliebsen was honoured for his Outstanding Contribution to Journalism which is awarded by the Walkley Foundation’s board of directors.
"There were more than 1100 entries in this year’s Walkley Awards from journalists, photographers, documentary makers, authors, cartoonists and producers," the Walkley Foundation’s chief executive, Shona Martyn said.
"The quality of their work was extremely high this year proving the excellence of Australia’s leading journalists. My congratulations to the winners and the finalists.”
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