Hedley Thomas

Hedley Thomas is The Australian newspaper’s national chief correspondent, specialising in investigative reporting with an interest in legal issues, the judiciary, corruption and politics. He has won eight Walkley awards including two Gold Walkleys; the first in 2007 for his investigations into the fiasco surrounding the Australian Federal Police investigations of Dr Mohamed Haneef, and the second in 2018 for his podcast, The Teacher’s Pet, investigating the 1982 murder of Sydney mother Lynette Dawson. The Teacher’s Pet podcast has had more than 52 million downloads worldwide and his book of the same name was published by Macmillan Australia in October 2023.