Harry Seidler was an Austrian-born Australian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of Modernism's methodology in Australia and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia.
David Ewan Marr FAHA is an Australian journalist, author and progressive political and social commentator. His areas of expertise include the law, Australian politics, censorship, the media and the arts. He writes for The Monthly, The Saturday Paper and Guardian Australia.
Patrick St. John Cook is an Australian cartoonist, satirical writer and performer known for his work in The National Times, The Bulletin and on television.
Christopher "Chris" Wayne Masters PSM is a multiple Walkley Award–winning and Logie Award–winning Australian journalist and author.
Caroline Overington is an Australian journalist and author. Overington has written 13 books. She has twice won the Walkley Award for investigative journalism, as well as winning the Sir Keith Murdoch prize for journalism (2007), the Blake Dawson Waldron Prize (2008) and the Davitt Award for Crime Writing (2015).
Florence Maud Broadhurst was an Australian painter, wallpaper and fabrics designer and vaudevillian singer, dancer and musician as well as a businesswoman, charity worker and teacher.
Tracey Leigh Spicer is an Australian newsreader, Walkley Award-winning journalist and social justice advocate. She is known for her association with Network Ten as a newsreader in the 1990s and 2000s when she co-hosted Ten Eyewitness News in Brisbane, Queensland. She later went on to work with Sky News Australia as a reporter and presenter from 2007 to 2015. In May 2017 Spicer released her autobiography, The Good Girl Stripped Bare. She was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia "For significant service to the broadcast media as a journalist and television presenter, and as an ambassador for social welfare and charitable groups".
Helen Vatsikopoulos is an Australian journalist, academic and documentary film-maker. She worked for the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) prior to joining University of Technology, Sydney in September 2011, where she is a lecturer in Journalism and holds a Doctorate in Creative Arts (2019).
Greg Bearup is an Australian journalist, author and international election expert. He is currently a feature writer for The Australian newspaper.
Margaret Simons is an Australian academic, freelance journalist and author. She has written numerous articles and essays as well as many books, including a biography of Senate leader of the Australian Labor Party Penny Wong and Australian minister for the environment Tanya Plibersek. Her essay Fallen Angels won the Walkley Award for Social Equity Journalism.
Judgment Deferred is a 1952 British second feature drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Joan Collins, Hugh Sinclair, Helen Shingler and Abraham Sofaer. The film is a remake of the director's earlier film, Doss House (1933).
Penelope Alice Marjorie Seidler AM is an Australian architect, former member of National Gallery of Australia Council, and current member of the NGA Foundation Board. She is also an accountant and director of the Sydney-based architectural firm Harry Seidler and associates. She was the wife and professional partner of architect Harry Seidler. She was the subject of the 2014 Archibald prize winning portrait by Fiona Lowry.
Ian McPhedran is an Australian author and retired journalist. Having begun his journalism career at The Canberra Times, from 1998 he worked as a defence writer for the News Corp Australia mastheads, including the Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph and Northern Territory News, before announcing his retirement in January 2016. HarperCollins has published eight books by McPhedran, who won a Walkley Award in 1999.
Lenore Taylor is an Australian journalist. She has been the editor of The Guardian Australia since May 2016.
Marien Oulton Dreyer, also known as Marien Cooper, was an Australian journalist, playwright and short-story writer. She wrote a weekly column for New Idea magazine as well as numerous scripts for radio. In 1959 she was joint winner of the Walkley Award for best magazine feature article.
Adele Ferguson is an Australian investigative journalist, best known for her series of exposés of malfeasance in the franchising, aged care, and financial services sectors in Australia which have resulted in major inquiries including the Hayne Royal Commission.
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) are publishers' and literary awards held by the Australian Publishers Association annually in Sydney "to celebrate the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Australian books to readers". Works are first selected by an academy of more than 200 industry professionals, and then a shortlist and winners are chosen by judging panels.
Sophie McNeill is an Australian journalist, television presenter, author and human rights activist. She is best known for her work reporting from conflict zones.
John Lyons is an Australian journalist. He has been the Executive Editor of ABC News and Head of Investigative Journalism for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 2017. He was previously associate editor (digital) and a senior reporter at The Australian, editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, executive producer of the Sunday program on the Nine Network and a foreign correspondent in the United States and Israel.
The Walkley Book Award is an Australian award presented annually by the Walkley Foundation for excellence in long-form journalism and nonfiction, with subjects ranging from biography to true crime to investigative journalism and reporting.
