Jacqueline Felgate & Emily Angwin, from Seven News, won the 2015 Quill for Best Breaking News Coverage for their coverage of the Wyndham Vale lake tragedy.

Highly commended
Anthony Dowsley, James Dowling, Samantha Landy, David Hurley & Wes Hosking from the Herald Sun were highly commended for their Mother's Day Bomb Plot coverage.

Other finalists
Jon Kaila, Wes Hosking & Andrea Hamblin (Herald Sun); Emily Rice (Nine News)