Democracy's Watchdogs

Australian investigative journalists who changed the national discussion. From @BillBirnbauer

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Pulitzer Prizes announced: https://t.co/pFxJkDpCIQ

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Join the gang for World Press Freedom Day - Fed Square, Sunday 7pm. https://t.co/ooz5cY8XEz

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Phil Dickie, an old-school, shoe-leather journalist, persisted investigating in the face of more than 20 defamation writs, a bullet fired into his then girlfriend’s house.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Adele Ferguson and the ABC team for winning the Melbourne Press Club's Quill for investigative reporting.

See Democracy's Watchdogs' earlier interview with Adele: https://t.co/nm9nNc7cI1 and on podcast: https://t.co/mhaI5FRwbf

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Congratulations to Zac Nikolovski (UTS) for winning Democracy's Watchdogs' 2025 award for investigative reporting. Congrats also to highly commended Madaleine Mansfield (Ara, NZ) and Katherine Everest (Melb Uni).
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@BillBirnbauer Well done Zac! Thanks to all the students who entered this year. We'll be back in 2026.

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Deadline December 12 is close. Oz and NZ journo students: if you have a story that reveals something, enter now. Winner receives $1000, trophy and heaps CV kudos. https://t.co/O38extTAgj @DemoWatchOrg

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Two weeks to deadline: https://t.co/w7AdDGXURM
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Less than a month to deadline. Journo students. Publish. Enter. $1000, trophy and CV kudos await. https://t.co/w7AdDGYsHk

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