Melbourne Press Club

Vale Geoff Hook

The Herald Sun cartoonist passed away at 89 on 20 July

Media Hall of Fame cartooning exhibition opens

MPC Event

'The Premier and the Pen' launched with a powerful political message from John Cain.

2016 Quills: About the Quill Awards

A brief history of the Quill awards.

Freda Irving was the club's first woman president. We had no idea of her age, but when she took over in 1978 we discovered she was 75. She had started at The Herald under the patronage of Keith Murdoch in 1926.

Chapter 5. The club in crisis

Noel Tennison, like elder brother Pat, was one of the great pillars that supported the Press Club and kept it going. He was passionate about it. He kept every notice he received and spent countless hours hunting down new members.

Chapter 6. Lazarus rises

The year was 1995 and Jim Clarke was worried. The club could not go on the way it was. Everything had been tried — subsidised lunches, tearful appeals on notice boards, wild Christmas parties. However, he did have an idea. Why not get someone in charge who had real clout, someone with a high profile, someone who could steer real resources their way.

Noel's Party Line: Lunch with Noel Tennison

MPC Event

A lunch with journalist, raconteur, PR maestro and former Press Club president Noel Tennison

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Vale Geoff Hook

Media Hall of Fame cartooning exhibition opens

2016 Quills: About the Quill Awards

Chapter 4. A Woman President

Chapter 5. The club in crisis

Chapter 6. Lazarus rises

Noel's Party Line: Lunch with Noel Tennison

Lifetime Achievement Award 2008

2008 Quill awards winners

Lifetime Achievement Award 2008

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