Steve Pennells is Western Australia’s most celebrated investigative journalist. He won five Walkley awards and 16 state media awards with the West Australian for exposing injustices and as a trouble-shooting correspondent sent to the world’s hot spots. He won the 2012 Gold Walkley for his reports on the fight between Gina Rinehart and some of her children over a family trust fund. Australia’s richest woman sued Pennells and his paper in a bid to force them to reveal his sources. His court victory was the first proper test of shield laws that were designed to provide some protection for sources. In 2013, Pennells joined the Seven Network’s Sunday Night program and scored regular scoops that helped the program match the ratings of Nine’s 60 Minutes.

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