Guardian Australia has picked up a Walkley Award for its coverage of indigenous affairs, winning the category for the second year in a row.
The annual Walkley Awards honour excellence in journalism with stories that chronicle Australia’s history, people and events.
Guardian Australia reporter Calla Wahlquist and Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam were recognised for their reports on the destruction by Rio Tinto of sacred sites at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia and BHP’s plan to destroy at least 40 significant Aboriginal sites in the Pilbara.
The Walkley judges commented: “The destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters was an international scandal. Calla Wahlquist and Lorena Allam’s extensive coverage for Guardian Australia sparked public protest and investor outrage, helping to prompt a parliamentary inquiry.”
Last year, Guardian Australia won for its landmark The Killing Times report, which mapped 270 frontier massacres over 140 years in every state and territory.
A full list of the 2020 Walkley Awards winners can be found here.
