Best Deadline Report in any Medium
Paul Austin and David Rood
The Age
At 7:14pm on Sunday 14 November, a media release announced that the Liberal Party would be directing its preferences away from the Greens and towards Labor, a decision that was later called one of the turning points of the Victorian election campaign.
Paul Austin and David Rood had about an hour to write the Page One lead and a comment piece on the announcement. They are this year's winners of the Best Deadline Report in any Medium Quill.
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In one of the biggest stories of the State election campaign, Paul and David met an extremely tight deadline to unravel and explain the significance of a confusing and late breaking announcement – the Liberal Party’s decision to direct preferences to Labor, not the Greens. In doing so, the judges said they had a clear lead on all their competitors.
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