The Australian’s Bowraville investigation becomes first podcast to win a Walkley

Tim Burrowes

December 3, 2016 1:29

The Australian’s investigation into the murders of three Aboriginal children in the NSW town of Bowraville has become the first podcast to win a Walkley Award.

Last night saw the News Corp publication’s Bowraville series win both the audio category and the indigenous affairs category of The Walkley Awards, which are seen as Australia’s most coveted journalism awards.

australian-bowraville The victory ends a five year unbroken run of the ABC winning in the audio documentary category. It is also the first time that any podcast has won in the category since it was expanded to Radio/Audio Documentary, Feature, Podcast or Special in 2013.

A #podcast beats @4corners! #Walkleys Winner of Indigenous Affairs Coverage @DanBox10 @ericpaulgeorge @svfitzpatrick @australian #Bowraville pic.twitter.com/lsAFXoJBYt

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.