Political Owl  

 

  Centrebet

 

Richard Farmer's Daily Email Briefing

ACCESS BACK ISSUES
HERE

HOME About the Owl Contact the Owl The Owl's Election Indicator Political Betting

NEWS AND VIEWS
Australia

Other Countries

Subject Archive

Elections

Opinion Polls

Political Parties

The Media

Lobbyists

People

Public Service

Johs in Politics

180x180 Photoshop Elements

Laura Tingle

Political correspondent for the Australian Financial Review.

Laura Tingle has worked in the federal parliamentary press gallery for over sixteen years, reporting on politics and economics, including stints as political correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald , and as chief political correspondent for both The Australian and The Age newspapers. She is currently chief political correspondent of the Australian Financial Review .

Laura moved into political reporting from economics, following a long period covering financial markets and deregulation for the Australian Financial Review and as economics correspondent for The Australian . She is also the author of Chasing the Future - a book documenting how the recession of the early 1990s changed Australia's political and economic debate.

In June 2004, Laura won the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism.

Laura appears on ABC Radio National's Late Night Live every second Tuesday night at 10 pm and repeated Tuesday afternoons at 4pm.

She is married to journalist Alan Ramsay and has one child.

Her father is a member of the NSW Legislative Council representing the Shooters Party.

Biographical Notes from The Walkley Awards website for 2005

All Media: Coverage of Indigenous Affairs

Winners Chris Graham, Brian Johnstone, National Indigenous Times, and Laura Tingle, The Australian Financial Review , "Cabinet Leaks"

In late October 2004, the National Indigenous Times (NIT) began publishing a series of leaked federal cabinet documents relating to the government's proposed abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) and plans for sweeping changes to welfare delivery to Aboriginal people, including Shared Responsibility Agreements.

Graham and Johnstone engaged Tingle at The Australian Financial Review, who recognised the leaks' importance on two fronts, both in the shift in Indigenous policy and the likely directions of broader welfare policy.

The Times exposed government inaction and failures in Indigenous affairs, while Tingle's stories concentrated on plans for welfare reform. The NIT offices were raided by the Australian Federal Police soon after.

Chris Graham got his start in the media in 1988 as a copyboy with The Sydney Morning Herald. In February 2002, he was part of the small team that launched the National Indigenous Times.

Brian Johnstone is a journalist with more than 30 years' experience in newspapers, radio and television.

Laura Tingle has worked in the federal parliamentary press gallery since 1987 for several publications, including BRW, The Australian, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and now the AFR as its chief political correspondent.

Judges' comments

The result of one of the biggest Cabinet leaks of 2004, these exclusives confirmed the standing of this small, non-mainstream newspaper. The NIT enhanced the impact of the leaks by working in partnership with The Australian Financial Review.

 

 

 

 

 

Centrebet Aus Freebet

The Owl's

Daily Email

For a free subscription,

Click here .

Click Here For The Wall Street Journal Online

 

Get up to $300 to bet with*

 

© Richard Farmer 2007 ..... Privacy Policy
Responsibility for electoral comments taken by Richard Farmer, 27 Dixon Drive, Duffy, ACT 2611.