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13 November 2025
We're back, with the third annual Melbourne Press Club Trivia Night. No topic will be off limits, no question will go unanswered.
29 October 2025
Peter Bartlett, Partner Emeritus at MinterEllison, discusses the relationship between journalists and media lawyers during the BRS defamation case.
22 October 2025
Following the Melbourne Press Club’s Annual General Meeting today, the Club has welcomed five new board members.
18 September 2025
The Annual General Meeting of the Melbourne Press Club Inc will be held at 12.30pm on Wednesday 22 October 2025 at Thomson Geer Offices, Rialto South Tower, Level 23, 525 Collins Street, Melbourne.
27 August 2025
Trust, transparency and inspiration: these are just some of the lessons from the IRE conference for our Student Journalist of the Year, Brendan Kearns.
It was 11 weeks in a country Victorian town. What happened behind the scenes for journalists covering the mushroom murder trial? We held an event to hear (off the record) all about it. Guardian Australia’s Justice and Courts reporter (and Press Club board member) Nino Bucci reflects on the experience.
22 July 2025
In the wake of The Project's final show, its former executive producer Chris Bendall reflects on the challenges of making a nightly news and current affairs program.
08 April 2025
The 30th Quill Awards Dinner brought state and national media together to celebrate the very best in journalism.
04 June 2025
The Quills are the premier media awards in Victoria. Established by the Melbourne Press Club in 1995, the Quills celebrates the best work in over 30 categories across all media.
The Melbourne Press Club's national awards celebrate journalistic excellence from media professionals across Australia
Each year the Melbourne Press Club honours a journalist or journalists whose career has left an extraordinary mark on Victorian and Australian journalism.
Celebrating new and young talent in our industry
The Michael Gordon Fellowships program is a national initiative to enable social justice journalism.
Supported by the Brian M Davis Charitable Foundation.
Have You Heard The News?
In this new MPC podcast, we ask prominent Melburnians to nominate the biggest news story they remember. Our guests over the series include Lord Mayor Sally Capp, Climate 200 Convenor Simon Holmes a Court and University of Melbourne's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) Barry Judd.
Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or through your favourite app.
Australian Media Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame celebrates the role strong and independent journalism played in shaping the nation's history and recognises the pioneers of the profession across more than 150 years.
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