Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

—on indulgence—I congratulate Sky News journalist Ashleigh Gillon for winning the 2011 Wally Brown Award for young journalists. The citation says:

Ashleigh submitted broadcast highlights … The live coverage of the toppling of a Prime Minister. Much of the work was unscripted as she took television viewers into the halls of Parliament House and provided insights into the machinations going on behind the scenes in the Labor Party as caucus decided to replace a first-term Prime Minister.

I congratulate Ashleigh Gillon—and I note that the Minister for Foreign Affairs did not refer to the citation in presenting the award to this fine young journalist.

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