Peter Ker and Brad Thompson of The Australian Financial Review have won the Business News/Feature Quill with “Forrests and Fortescue”.

This award is sponsored by McGrathNicol.

Judges' citation

This story unravelled the power shift within the Forrest family empire and the journalists Peter Ker and Brad Thompson meticulously followed the money to put two and two together. This story has major implications for the future of one of Australia's biggest miners in its efforts for a greener transition.

Highly Commended

Nick McKenzie, The Age, “Offshore Bribery”

Shortlisted

David Swan, The Age, “‘Mass breach of privacy’: TikTok under fire for tracking users online”

Sarah Danckert, Samantha Selinger-Morris, Ruby Schwartz and Tammy Mills, The Age and Please Explain podcast, Bitcoin to Bust: How the world's biggest ponzi scheme caused heartache for Australians