Logie Award for Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report explained

Logie Award for Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report
Presenter:	TV Week
Country:	Australia
Year:	1970
Holder:	"Saving the Children" (Foreign Correspondent, ABC)

The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award is given to recognise outstanding news or public affairs reporting.^[1]

The first award for news coverage was awarded at the 12th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1970 as Best News Reporting. In 1971, two awards were presented for Most Outstanding News Coverage and Most Outstanding Coverage Of Political Affairs with the latter changed to Outstanding Contribution To TV Journalism the following year. From 1973 they were Best News Coverage and Best Public Affairs Program.^[2] Over the years, these award categories have changed to recognise news reports, news or public affairs programs, special reports or public affairs reports.

At the 60th Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 2018, the industry voted awards for news and public affairs Most Outstanding News Coverage and Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report were combined to create the award for Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Most Outstanding News Coverage

Year	Winner	Network	Ref
1971	Heinz Voelzer
1972	Victoria-Springbok rugby match

Outstanding Contribution To TV Journalism

Year	Winner	Network	Ref
1972	Dateline '71
1973	Caroline Jones
1974	Steve Raymond
1975	Federal File
1977	"Cedar Bay", This Day Tonight
1978	"The Werribee Incident", A Current Affair

Best News Coverage

Year	Winner	Network	Ref
1973	George Street bombings
1974	Balsa rafts Chile/Australia trip
1975	Frank Sinatra in Australia

Best Public Affairs Program

Year	Winner	Network	Ref
1973	A Current Affair
1974	A Current Affair
1975	A Current Affair
1976	A Current Affair
1977	A Current Affair
1978	Willesee at Seven

Best News Report

Year	Winner	Network	Ref
1976	Timor report
1977	Ahmad fire
1978	Blue Mountains bushfires
1979	Bank siege and chase
1980	Star Hotel Riot
1981	"Moreton Bay Rescue", Seven News
1982	Boy Down Well
1984	Ash Wednesday coverage
1985	Bank Siege
1986	Eagle Farm Siege

Outstanding Public Affairs Report

Year	Winner	Network	Ref
1980	"Child Prostitution", Four Corners
1981	"The Chelmsford File", 60 Minutes
1982	"Never Say Die", 60 Minutes
1983	"Annie", 60 Minutes
1985	"The Education of Stephen Lusher", 60 Minutes
1985	"Tax Summit", Sunday

Most Outstanding Achievement in News

Year	Winner	Network	Ref
1987	"Russell Street Bombing"
1988	"Hoddle St Massacre"
1989	"Walsh Street murders", Michael Venus
1990	"Romanian Revolution", Mark Burrows
1991	"John Lombard"
1992	"Coode Island Fires", National Nine News
1993	"Bangkok Riots"
1994	"Sydney 2000 Announcement"
1995	"Rwanda Refugee Crisis"
1996	"Muraroa Protests", National Nine News
1997	"Port Arthur Massacre", ABC News
1998	"Thredbo Tragedy", Seven Nightly News
	"Travel Rorts"
	"Thredbo Tragedy"

Most Outstanding Achievement in Public Affairs

Year	Winner	Network	Ref
1987	"Coup D'Etat", ABC News
1988	Four Corners
1989	Four Corners
1990	"True Believers", Four Corners
1991	"Other People's Money", Four Corners
1992	"The Soviet Union", Lateline
1993	The Investigators
1994	"Ships of Shame", Sunday
1995	"Inside a Holocaust", Four Corners
1996	"Minor Surgery, Major Risk", Four Corners
1997	"The Prisoners Who Waited", Sunday
1998	"Where Does The Buck Stop?", Four Corners
	"Showdown in Emerald", Sunday
	"Valentine's Day", Australian Story

Most Outstanding Public Affairs Program

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1999	"Balibo Five", Foreign Correspondent
	"Dancing with Strangers", Australian Story
	60 Minutes
	Sunday

Most Outstanding Documentary or Special Report in a Public Affairs Program

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2000	"Facing the Demons"
	"A Race to Survive", Four Corners
	"Sierra Leone", Dateline
	"The Keating Millions", 60 Minutes

Most Outstanding Special Report in a Public Affairs Program

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2001	"Fixing Cricket", Four Corners
	"Balibo: The Simple Truth", Dateline
	"On Life's Border: The Struggle of North Korea's Refugees", Dateline
	"Sierra Leone", Foreign Correspondent
2002	"See No Evil" and "The Dirty War", Dateline
	"The Body Snatchers", Sunday
	"Party Tricks", Four Corners
	"Wahid—Inside the Palace Walls", Foreign Correspondent

Most Outstanding News Coverage

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1999	"Indonesia Crisis", ABC News
	"Papua New Guinea Tidal Wave", National Nine News
	"Linton Bushfires (Victoria)", Seven Nightly News
	"The Waterfront Dispute", National Nine News
2000	"Timor", Seven Nightly News
	"East Timor", ABC News
	"Liberation Day in Kosovo"
	"The East Timor Crisis"
2001	"World Economic Forum/S11 Protests", National Nine News
	"East Timor", ABC News
	"Middle East", ABC News
	"Shoot-out in Suva", National Nine News
2002	"Afghanistan", ABC News
	"September 12th", ABC News
	"America Under Attack", National Nine News
	"NSW Christmas Bushfires", Seven News
	"Tampa Crisis", Seven News
2003	"The al-Qaeda Tapes", ABC News
	"Bali Bombing", ABC News
	"Bali Explosion", National Nine News
	"Bushfires", Seven News
	"The New Kurdistan", Dateline
2004	"Marine's fire", ABC News
	"Canberra bushfires", National Nine News
	"Waterfall disaster", Seven News
2005	"Tsunami: 30 December 2004", National Nine News
	"Beslan", National Nine News
	"Iraq Hostage", ABC News
	"Victoria Ganglands", ABC News
	"Tsunami Disaster", Ten News
2006	"Aceh: Last Man Standing", ABC News
	"The Bali Nine", Ten News

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Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2004	"The Big A (Hazel Hawke Story)", Australian Story
	"Aceh (In Bed With The TNI)", Dateline
	"Inside Nauru (Pacific Despair)", Dateline
	"The Jesuits", The 7.30 Report
	"Making a Killing", 60 Minutes
2005	"Into the Forest (Ivan Milat) Part 1", Australian Story
	"Beslan Prepares for a Funeral", The 7.30 Report
	"Coming Clean: Drugs and Cycling", 60 Minutes
	"The Trials of Mamdouh Habib", Dateline
	"Taliban Country", Dateline
2006	"The Gathering Storm", Australian Story
	"After the Waves: Asia's Tsunami, One Year On", The 7.30 Report
	"Inside Indonesia's Sex Trade", Dateline
	"Hands Off", 60 Minutes
	"Melbourne Confidential", Four Corners
2007	"The Terri Irwin Interview"
	"Abu Ghraib", Dateline
	"Four Days in Dili", Dateline
	"The Great Escape: Brant Webb and Todd Russell"
	"The Mourning After", Australian Story
2008	"Some Meaning in This Life: Belinda Emmett", Australian Story
	"The Big Sting", 60 Minutes
	"Final Call", Four Corners
	"Hicks On Trial", Insight
	"Rwanda: Questions of Murder", Dateline
2009	"Afghanistan: A Survivor's Tale", Foreign Correspondent
	"Friday's Child", Australian Story
	"Mugabe's Calling Card", Dateline
	"Out of Control", 60 Minutes
	"Timor War Criminal", Today Tonight
2010	"Code of Silence", Four Corners
	"Liberal Leadership Meltdown"
	"Matthew Johns Interview", A Current Affair
	"Proof of Life", Australian Story
	"Rising from the Ashes", 60 Minutes
2011	"Smugglers' Paradise", Four Corners
	"Brothers in Arms", Sunday Night
	"The Condemned", Dateline
	"Hey Dad..! Scandal", A Current Affair
	"Iraq's Deadly Legacy", Dateline
2012	"A Bloody Business", Four Corners
	After The Deluge: The Valley
	"Rescue 500", Sunday Night
	"Salma in the Square", Foreign Correspondent
	Tour of Duty: Australia's Secret War
2013	"Captain Emad: Smugglers' Paradise – Australia", Four Corners
	"Abducted!", 60 Minutes
	"Anatomy of a Massacre", Dateline
	"The World According to Lance (Lance Armstrong)", Four Corners
	"Unholy Silence (Catholic Church)", Four Corners
2014	"Prisoner X" — The Australian Connection, Foreign Correspondent
	"A Gracious Gift", Four Corners
	"Drugs in Sport" — Stephen Dank, 7.30
	"Manus Island", Dateline
	"Prime Suspect", Sunday Night
2015	"Banking Bad", Four Corners
	"Ian Thorpe – The Parkinson Interview", Ian Thorpe – The Parkinson Interview
	"Ice Towns", The Feed
	"Joining the Fight", Insight
	"Searching for C11", Australian Story
2016	The Killing Season
	"Catching a Monster", 60 Minutes
	Hitting Home
	"Making a Killing", Four Corners
	"The Siege Survivors", 60 Minutes
2017	"Australia's Shame", Four Corners
	"Anita Cobby: You Thought You Knew It All…", Seven News Investigates
	"George Pell Investigation", 7.30
	"Good Cop, Bad Cop", 60 Minutes
	"Money For Nothing", Four Corners

Most Outstanding Public Affairs Program

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2003	Sunday
	The 7.30 Report
	Dateline
	Foreign Correspondent
	Lateline

Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2018	"The Siege", Four Corners
	"Don Burke Special", A Current Affair
	"Escape From Salt Creek", 60 Minutes
	"Haiti Uncovered", Sunday Night
	"Pumped", Four Corners
2019	"Out Of The Dark", Four Corners
	"James Comey Interview", 7.30
	"Leadership Spill", Sky News
	"Townsville Flood Disaster", Seven News
	"Who Cares?", Four Corners
2022	"Brittany Higgins Interview", The Project
	"Nazi's Next Door", 60 Minutes
	"War In Ukraine", Seven News
	"Bursting The Canberra Bubble", Four Corners
	"Intimate Terrorism", Insight
2023	"Saving the Children", Foreign Correspondent
	"Turkey Earthquake", Seven News
	"Seaworld Helicopter Disaster", A Current Affair
	"Somalia: A Story of Survival", Foreign Correspondent
	"Do No Harm", Four Corners
	"How Many More", Four Corners

Notes and References

News: Full list of nominations for the 55th Annual TV Week Logie Awards . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130518033653/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/full-list-of-nominations-for-the-55th-annual-tv-week-logie-awards-20130311-2fuo5.html . 18 May 2013 . dead .
Web site: 1970–1973 Logie Awards. Australiantelevision.net. 10 February 2014.
Web site: 2018 Logie Awards. Australiantelevision.net. 9 December 2018.