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).

November 2025
- Nov 27, 2025 Walkley Award -TV/Video: Current Affairs Short
- Nov 27, 2025 Walkley Award - All Media: Investigative Journalism
- Nov 27, 2025 Walkley Award: TV/Video: Current Affairs Long
- Nov 27, 2025 Gold Walkley Award
August 2025
- Aug 20, 2025 Kennedy Award
- Aug 3, 2025 Logie Award
March 2025
- Mar 25, 2025 Quill Award: TV/Video Feature
May 2024
- May 10, 2024 Honorary Doctorate - University of Adelaide
May 2023
- May 2, 2023 National Press Club - Health Journalists of the Year
March 2023
- Mar 28, 2023 Business News/Feature
November 2022
- Nov 19, 2022 Walkley Award TV Long Form
August 2022
- Aug 5, 2022 Kennedy Award Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting
- Aug 5, 2022 Kennedy Award Outstanding Investigative Reporting
March 2022
- Mar 1, 2022 Citi Journalism Award for Excellence
November 2021
- Nov 26, 2021 Quill Award Best TV/Video Feature
September 2020
- Sep 20, 2020 2020 Davitt Awards – Best Non-Fiction
November 2019
- Nov 22, 2019 Global Management Accounting Hall of Fame
January 2019
- Jan 26, 2019 Member Of The Order Of Australia (AM)
December 2018
- Dec 28, 2018 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
October 2018
- Oct 15, 2018 National Press Club - Global and Economic Reporting Award
September 2018
- Sep 7, 2018 Eureka’s Children Democracy Award
July 2018
- Jul 9, 2018 Fairfax Women of Influence Awards
June 2018
- Jun 8, 2018 Kennedy Award Outstanding Finance Reporting
December 2017
- Dec 31, 2017 Walkley Award Best Business Journalism
- Dec 31, 2017 Walkley Award Best Investigative Journalism
- Dec 29, 2017 Quill Award for Investigative Journalism
November 2017
- Nov 30, 2017 2017 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
October 2017
- Oct 14, 2017 National Press Club - Financial Journalism Award
December 2016
- Dec 31, 2016 Walkley Award Best Investigative Journalism
- Dec 31, 2016 Walkley Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
- Dec 30, 2016 2016 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
November 2016
- Nov 25, 2016 2016 Quill Award Best TV Video Feature Long Form
October 2016
- Oct 14, 2016 National Press Club - Consumer Finance Award
- Oct 14, 2016 National Press Club - Business News Award
- Oct 14, 2016 National Press Club - Financial Journalism Award
August 2016
- Aug 5, 2016 Gold Kennedy Award
June 2016
- Jun 6, 2016 Kennedy Award Outstanding Investigative Reporting
- Jun 6, 2016 Kennedy Award Outstanding Finance Reporting
December 2015
- Dec 31, 2015 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
- Dec 31, 2015 Walkley Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
October 2015
- Oct 30, 2015 Quill Award Best Use of Digital or Social Media
- Oct 16, 2015 Migration Institute Award
August 2015
- Aug 14, 2015 AFR Boss: True Leaders
- Aug 7, 2015 Legal Reporting Awards
June 2015
- Jun 6, 2015 Kennedy Award Outstanding Finance Reporting
March 2015
- Mar 6, 2015 Gold Quill Award
- Mar 6, 2015 Graham Perkin Award
December 2014
- Dec 31, 2014 Walkley Award TV Current Affairs
November 2014
- Nov 28, 2014 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
August 2014
- Aug 1, 2014 Gold Kennedy Award
June 2014
- Jun 6, 2014 Kennedy Awards Outstanding Finance Reporting
- Jun 6, 2014 Kennedy Award Outstanding Investigative Reporting
- Jun 6, 2014 Kennedy Award Outstanding Television Current Affairs Reporting
April 2014
- Apr 27, 2014 Logie Award
March 2014
- Mar 7, 2014 Gold Quill Award
- Mar 7, 2014 Gold Walkley Award
December 2013
- Dec 31, 2013 Walkley Award Best Business Story In Any Medium
- Dec 27, 2013 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
July 2013
- Jul 8, 2013 Kennedy Award Outstanding Columnist
- Jul 5, 2013 Kennedy Award Outstanding Finance Reporting
December 2011
- Dec 31, 2011 Walkley Award High Commendation for Best Columnist
- Dec 30, 2011 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 2010
- Dec 31, 2010 Walkley Award Finalist Best Business Story
October 2010
- Oct 29, 2010 Quill Award High Commendation Best Columnist
December 2008
- Dec 31, 2008 Walkley Award Finalist Best Business Story
- Dec 31, 2008 Quill Award Best Columnist
November 2008
- Nov 28, 2008 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
November 2007
- Nov 30, 2007 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 2005
- Dec 31, 2005 Walkley Award Finalist Best Business Story
- Dec 30, 2005 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
November 2003
- Nov 28, 2003 Quill Award Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 2001
- Dec 30, 2001 Quill High Commendation Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 2000
- Dec 29, 2000 Quill High Commendation Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 1999
- Dec 1, 1999 Quill High Commendation Best Business Story in Any Medium
December 1997
- Dec 31, 1997 Quill High Commendation Best Business Story in Any Medium

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Walkley Award -TV/Video: Current Affairs Short

Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett have won the 2025 Gold Walkley, Australian journalism’s highest honour for a series of stories on 7.30, Four Corners and ABC online. The Walkley Judging Board unanimously selected the pair’s multi-month multi-platform investigation into the systemic failures in childcare as the story of the year. Ferguson and Gillett won three Walkley categories: TV/Video: Current Affairs Short, TV/Video: Current Affairs Long, and All Media: Investigative Journalism