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).

 
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Quill Award: TV/Video Feature

Judges’ citation:

“Pain Factory was a harrowing, heartbreaking and riveting insight into Australia’s multi-billion dollar pain industry.

 

Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillet compellingly exposed the dangerous practices within the medical industry, supported by the powerful stories of patients, importantly backed up by exclusive data and expert analysis

The story has had significant impact.

The Federal Health Minister ordered an urgent review , the TGA banned dangerous devices, subjected dozens of others to conditions and prompted class action law firms to investigate spinal injury claims.”

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Gold Quill Award

An expose of the multi-million dollar financial advice scandal at the Commonwealth Bank won Adele Ferguson the highest honour in Victorian journalism

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