Greyhound expose wins top honour at Walkleys

Tim Burrowes

December 4, 2015 12:30

The Four Corners investigation into animal cruelty within Australia’s greyhound racing industry has won the top prize at Australia’s major journalism awards, the Walkleys.

The ABC team of Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark and Max Murch won the Gold Walkley Award for “Making a Killing” which examined the illegal practice of live baiting.

The Walkley judges said: “’Making a Killing’ exposes greyhound racing’s ugly secret. It took bravery, tenacity and months of planning in three states to produce a jaw-dropping report that has shaken not just the greyhound code but the entire racing industry.”

While “Making a Killing” picked up the investigative journalism Walkley and the Gold Walkley, it did not win in the sports journalism category, losing out to Chris Garry’s reports on the suicide deaths of five young men who held NRL contracts “When a Game Becomes Life and Death”.

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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.