2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Charlotte Grieve

Charlotte Grieve is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist with The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. She has producer credits for five documentaries with 60 Minutes, on topics ranging from international fraudsters to the ultra-conservative infiltration of the Victorian Liberals. Duty to Warn (2026) is her first book. 

My Story: How it became THE story

Friday April 24
Halcyon Hall, The Continental
9.00am / 60 mins

Charlotte Grieve and Cheng Lei with Natasha Mitchell

How do journalists separate the personal from the professional, and how do they remain detached when their own lives and reputations become part of the daily news cycle?


Democracy’s Frontline: Tales from investigative journalists who hold power to account

Saturday April 25
Sorrento Bowls Club
2.30pm / 60 mins

Monica Attard, Charlote Grieve and Kate Wild with Mark Kenny

Over their outstanding journalism careers, our three guests have exposed wrongdoings and bad behaviour - often at great personal cost. Join academic Mark Kenny as he explores the reporting journey of shining light in dark corners.