Tom Minear & James Campbell from the Herald Sun have won the Quill for News Report in Writing for ‘Ministers Dog Act’.

Highly Commended

Beau Donelly (The Age) for 'Foster care scandal', which reported on the failure of Victoria's cjild protection agency to safeguard confidential information.

Other finalists

Josh Gordon & Adam Morton (The Age), 'Hazelwood shutdown near'; Cameron Stewart (The Australian) 'The submarine leak scandal'