• 1976 – Denis Butler (
The Newcastle Morning Herald) • 1977 –
Robert Gottliebsen (
The Australian Financial Review) • 1978 – Lenore Nicklin (
The Sydney Morning Herald) • 1979 – Peter Rodgers (
The Sydney Morning Herald) • 1980 – Ron Saw (
The Bulletin) • 1981 – Norman Aisbett and David Tanner (
The West Australian) • 1982 – Peter Smark (
The Age) • 1983 –
Evan Whitton (
The Sydney Morning Herald) • 1984 –
Creighton Burns (
The Age) • 1985 –
Jack Waterford (
The Canberra Times) • 1986 – Bruce Dover and
Cameron Forbes (
The Herald, Melbourne and
The Age) • 1987 – Terry McCrann (
The Age and
The Herald, Melbourne) • 1988 –
Michelle Grattan (
The Age) • 1989 – Peter Ellingsen (
The Age) • 1990 –
Paul Kelly (
The Australian) • 1991 – Robert Haupt (
The Age/The Sydney Morning Herald) • 1992 – Colleen Ryan (
The Sydney Morning Herald) • 1993 –
Les Carlyon • 1994 –
Kate Legge (
The Australian) • 1995 – Rowan Callick (
The Australian Financial Review) • 1996 – Andrew Rule (
The Age) • 1997 –
Paul McGeough (
The Sydney Morning Herald) • 1998 – Pamela Williams (
The Australian Financial Review) • 1999 –
John Lyons (
The Bulletin) • 2000 – Paul Toohey (
The Australian) • 2001 – Andrew Rule (
The Age) • 2002 –
John Spooner (
The Age) • 2003 – Peter Wilson (
The Australian) • 2004 –
Paul McGeough (
The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age) • 2005 –
Michael Gordon (
The Age) • 2006 – Tony Koch (
The Australian) • 2007 –
John Silvester (
The Age) • 2008 –
Cameron Stewart (
The Australian) • 2009 – Gary Hughes (
The Australian) • 2010 –
Laurie Oakes (
Nine Network,
The Herald Sun and
The Daily Telegraph) • 2011 –
Neil Mitchell (
3AW and
The Herald Sun) • 2012 –
Joanne McCarthy (
The Newcastle Herald) • 2013 –
Caroline Wilson (
The Age) • 2014 –
Chris Reason (
Seven News) • 2015 –
Adele Ferguson (
The Age/
Four Corners) • 2016 – Caro Meldrum-Hanna (
Four Corners) • 2017 – Richard Baker and
Nick McKenzie (
The Age) • 2018 – Anthony Dowsley (
The Herald Sun) • 2019 – Anne Connolly (
Four Corners) • 2020 –
Nick McKenzie (
60 Minutes,
Good Weekend) • 2021 –
Samantha Maiden (
News.com.au) • 2022 –
Hedley Thomas (
The Australian) • 2023 –
Neil Chenoweth and
Edmund Tadros (
The Australian Financial Review) ==References==