Kerry O'Brien

Kerry O’Brien is one of Australia’s most respected journalists with six Walkley Awards including the Gold Walkley and the Walkley for outstanding leadership.

In his decades at the ABC he reported for the trail-blazing current affairs programs This Day Tonight and Four Corners, presented Lateline for six years, 7.30 for fifteen years and Four Corners for five. He has honorary doctorates with the University of Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology and has been inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame.

He was a member of the Eminent Panel advising the Queensland Government on a path to treaty and truth-telling, wrote best-selling books on former Prime Minister Paul Keating and a memoir, and co-wrote The Voice to Parliament Handbook with Thomas Mayo, which was awarded the 2024 Book of the Year by the Australian Book Industry. He is also a former Chair of the Walkley Foundation.