Awards & Recognition

Adele Ferguson’s journalism awards include nine Walkley awards including the Gold Walkley for her Four Corners program Banking Bad, two Gold Quill Awards, two Gold Kennedy Awards, a Logie and the Graham Perkin Journalist of the year. In 2019 Adele was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

May 2024
- 10 May 2024 Honorary Doctorate - University of Adelaide
May 2023
- 2 May 2023 National Press Club - Health Journalists of the Year
March 2023
- 28 Mar 2023 Business News/Feature
November 2022
- 19 Nov 2022 Walkley Award TV Long Form
August 2022
- 5 Aug 2022 Kennedy Award Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting
- 5 Aug 2022 Kennedy Award Outstanding Investigative Reporting
March 2022
- 1 Mar 2022 Citi Journalism Award for Excellence
November 2021
- 26 Nov 2021 Quill Award Best TV/Video Feature
September 2020
- 20 Sep 2020 2020 Davitt Awards – Best Non-Fiction
November 2019
- 22 Nov 2019 Global Management Accounting Hall of Fame
January 2019
- 26 Jan 2019 Member Of The Order Of Australia (AM)
December 2018
- 28 Dec 2018 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
October 2018
- 15 Oct 2018 National Press Club - Global and Economic Reporting Award
September 2018
- 7 Sep 2018 Eureka’s Children Democracy Award
July 2018
- 9 Jul 2018 Fairfax Women of Influence Awards
June 2018
- 8 Jun 2018 Kennedy Award Outstanding Finance Reporting
December 2017
- 31 Dec 2017 Walkley Award Best Business Journalism
- 31 Dec 2017 Walkley Award Best Investigative Journalism
- 29 Dec 2017 Quill Award for Investigative Journalism
November 2017
- 30 Nov 2017 2017 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
October 2017
- 14 Oct 2017 National Press Club - Financial Journalism Award
December 2016
- 31 Dec 2016 Walkley Award Best Investigative Journalism
- 31 Dec 2016 Walkley Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
- 30 Dec 2016 2016 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
November 2016
- 25 Nov 2016 2016 Quill Award Best TV Video Feature Long Form
October 2016
- 14 Oct 2016 National Press Club - Consumer Finance Award
- 14 Oct 2016 National Press Club - Business News Award
- 14 Oct 2016 National Press Club - Financial Journalism Award
August 2016
- 5 Aug 2016 Gold Kennedy Award
June 2016
- 6 Jun 2016 Kennedy Award Outstanding Investigative Reporting
- 6 Jun 2016 Kennedy Award Outstanding Finance Reporting
December 2015
- 31 Dec 2015 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
- 31 Dec 2015 Walkley Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
October 2015
- 30 Oct 2015 Quill Award Best Use of Digital or Social Media
- 16 Oct 2015 Migration Institute Award
August 2015
- 14 Aug 2015 AFR Boss: True Leaders
- 7 Aug 2015 Legal Reporting Awards
June 2015
- 6 Jun 2015 Kennedy Award Outstanding Finance Reporting
March 2015
- 6 Mar 2015 Gold Quill Award
- 6 Mar 2015 Graham Perkin Award
December 2014
- 31 Dec 2014 Walkley Award TV Current Affairs
November 2014
- 28 Nov 2014 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
August 2014
- 1 Aug 2014 Gold Kennedy Award
June 2014
- 6 Jun 2014 Kennedy Awards Outstanding Finance Reporting
- 6 Jun 2014 Kennedy Award Outstanding Investigative Reporting
- 6 Jun 2014 Kennedy Award Outstanding Television Current Affairs Reporting
April 2014
- 27 Apr 2014 Logie Award
March 2014
- 7 Mar 2014 Gold Quill Award
- 7 Mar 2014 Gold Walkley Award
December 2013
- 31 Dec 2013 Walkley Award Best Business Story In Any Medium
- 27 Dec 2013 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
July 2013
- 8 Jul 2013 Kennedy Award Outstanding Columnist
- 5 Jul 2013 Kennedy Award Outstanding Finance Reporting
December 2011
- 31 Dec 2011 Walkley Award High Commendation for Best Columnist
- 30 Dec 2011 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 2010
- 31 Dec 2010 Walkley Award Finalist Best Business Story
October 2010
- 29 Oct 2010 Quill Award High Commendation Best Columnist
December 2008
- 31 Dec 2008 Walkley Award Finalist Best Business Story
- 31 Dec 2008 Quill Award Best Columnist
November 2008
- 28 Nov 2008 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
November 2007
- 30 Nov 2007 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 2005
- 31 Dec 2005 Walkley Award Finalist Best Business Story
- 30 Dec 2005 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
November 2003
- 28 Nov 2003 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 2001
- 30 Dec 2001 Quill High Commendation Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 2000
- 29 Dec 2000 Quill High Commendation Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 1999
- 1 Dec 1999 Quill High Commendation Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 1997
- 31 Dec 1997 Quill High Commendation Best Business Story in Any Medium

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Kennedy Award Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting

Cosmetic Cowboys went behind the glitz and glamour of the multi-billion-dollar cosmetic surgery industry and uncovered a litany of dangerous practices, botched procedures and laws that allow anyone with a basic medical degree to call themselves a cosmetic surgeon.