2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Louise Milligan
Louise Milligan is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist for ABC TV’s Four Corners. She is the bestselling author of Cardinal and Witness, both honoured with major awards including the Walkley Book Award and Davitt Award. Her journalism has driven national inquiries and law reform. A former High Court and political reporter, she lives in Melbourne. Louise’s fiction debut is the novel Pheasants Nest.
In Conversation: Louise Milligan
Louise Milligan with Jo Dyer
Multi-award winning investigative journalist Louise Milligan has just published her second novel. So how does one of Australia’s most prolific reporters find time to make up stories, invent characters and create imaginary worlds?
Fault Lines: Journalism’s role in a fractured world
Monica Attard, Jon Faine and Louise Milligan with Ranald Macdonald
Modern media is suffering a crisis of public trust and an increasingly diverse and fragmented market. Meanwhile, star journalists and commentators too often focus on the brand rather than the story. Yet good journalism still has immense capacity to scrutinise, reveal and hold institutions and individuals to account.