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

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.
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. 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.

## Winners and nominees

| Key | Meaning |
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |

### Best News Reporting

| Year | Winner | Network | Ref |
| 1970 | Steve Raymond, for stories on Marianne Faithfull and a mass teenage funeral at Warren in NSW‡ | Network Ten | |

### Most Outstanding News Coverage

| Year | Winner | Network | Ref |
| 1971 | Heinz Voelzer‡ | ABC | |
| 1972 | Victoria-Springbok rugby match‡ | — | |

### Most Outstanding Coverage Of Political Affairs

| Year | Winner | Network | Ref |
| 1971 | This Day Tonight‡ | ABC | |

### Outstanding Contribution To TV Journalism

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

### Best News Coverage

| Year | Winner | Network |
| 1973 | George Street bombings‡ | Nine Network |
| 1974 | Balsa rafts Chile/Australia trip‡ | 0-10 Network |
| 1975 | Frank Sinatra in Australia‡ | Seven Network |

### Best Public Affairs Program

| Year | Winner | Network |
| 1973 | A Current Affair‡ | Nine Network |
| 1974 | A Current Affair‡ | Nine Network |
| 1975 | A Current Affair‡ | Nine Network |
| 1976 | A Current Affair‡ | Nine Network |
| 1977 | A Current Affair‡ | Nine Network |
| 1978 | Willesee at Seven‡ | Seven Network |

### Best News Report

| Year | Winner | Network |
| 1976 | Timor report‡ | Nine Network |
| 1977 | Ahmad fire‡ | Nine Network |
| 1978 | Blue Mountains bushfires‡ | Network Ten |
| 1979 | Bank siege and chase‡ | Nine Network |
| 1980 | Star Hotel Riot‡ | NBN-3 |
| 1981 | "Moreton Bay Rescue", Seven News‡ | Seven Network |
| 1982 | Boy Down Well‡ | Seven Network |
| 1984 | Ash Wednesday coverage‡ | — |
| 1985 | Bank Siege‡ | Seven Network |
| 1986 | Eagle Farm Siege‡ | TVQ |

### Outstanding Public Affairs Report

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

### Most Outstanding Achievement in News

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

### Most Outstanding Achievement in Public Affairs

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

### Most Outstanding Public Affairs Program

| Year | Program | Network |
| 1999 | "Balibo Five", Foreign Correspondent‡ | ABC |
| 1999 | "Dancing with Strangers", Australian Story | ABC |
| 1999 | 60 Minutes | Nine Network |
| 1999 | Sunday | Nine Network |

### Most Outstanding Documentary or Special Report in a Public Affairs Program

| Year | Program | Network |
| 2000 | "Facing the Demons"‡ | ABC |
| 2000 | "A Race to Survive", Four Corners | ABC |
| 2000 | "Sierra Leone", Dateline | SBS |
| 2000 | "The Keating Millions", 60 Minutes | Nine Network |

### Most Outstanding Special Report in a Public Affairs Program

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

### Most Outstanding News Coverage

| Year | Program | Network |
| 1999 | "Indonesia Crisis", ABC News‡ | ABC |
| 1999 | "Papua New Guinea Tidal Wave", National Nine News | Nine Network |
| 1999 | "Linton Bushfires (Victoria)", Seven Nightly News | Seven Network |
| 1999 | "The Waterfront Dispute", National Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2000 | "Timor", Seven Nightly News‡ | Seven Network |
| 2000 | "East Timor", ABC News | ABC |
| 2000 | "Liberation Day in Kosovo" | Nine Network |
| 2000 | "The East Timor Crisis" | SBS |
| 2001 | "World Economic Forum/S11 Protests", National Nine News‡ | Nine Network |
| 2001 | "East Timor", ABC News | ABC |
| 2001 | "Middle East", ABC News | ABC |
| 2001 | "Shoot-out in Suva", National Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2002 | "Afghanistan", ABC News‡ | ABC |
| 2002 | "September 12th", ABC News | ABC |
| 2002 | "America Under Attack", National Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2002 | "NSW Christmas Bushfires", Seven News | Seven Network |
| 2002 | "Tampa Crisis", Seven News | Seven Network |
| 2003 | "The al-Qaeda Tapes", ABC News‡ | ABC |
| 2003 | "Bali Bombing", ABC News | ABC |
| 2003 | "Bali Explosion", National Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2003 | "Bushfires", Seven News | Seven Network |
| 2003 | "The New Kurdistan", Dateline | SBS |
| 2004 | "Marine's fire", ABC News‡ | ABC |
| 2004 | "Canberra bushfires", National Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2004 | "Waterfall disaster", Seven News | Seven Network |
| 2005 | "Tsunami: 30 December 2004", National Nine News‡ | Nine Network |
| 2005 | "Beslan", National Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2005 | "Iraq Hostage", ABC News | ABC |
| 2005 | "Victoria Ganglands", ABC News | ABC |
| 2005 | "Tsunami Disaster", Ten News | Network Ten |
| 2006 | "Aceh: Last Man Standing", ABC News‡ | ABC |
| 2006 | "The Bali Nine", Ten News | Network Ten} |
| 2006 | "New Orleans Rescue", Seven News | Seven Network |
| 2006 | "Schapelle Corby Verdict", Seven News | Seven Network |
| 2006 | "Vivian Solon", Lateline | ABC |
| 2007 | "Sexual Abuse in Aboriginal Communities", Lateline‡ | ABC |
| 2007 | "Escaping the Border", ABC News | ABC} |
| 2007 | "Escaping the Mine", Sunrise | Seven Network |
| 2007 | "Scully Sacking", National Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2007 | "Sexual Abuse of the Elderly", Lateline | ABC |
| 2008 | "Garuda Plane Crash", Seven News‡ | Seven Network |
| 2008 | "East Timor: Finding Alfredo", Foreign Correspondent | ABC} |
| 2008 | "Federal Election" | Sky News |
| 2008 | "Pasha Bulker", National Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2008 | "Timor Baucau", SBS World News | SBS |
| 2009 | "China Earthquake", ABC News‡ | ABC |
| 2009 | "Brisbane Storms", Seven News | Seven Network |
| 2009 | "China Earthquake", Nine News Sydney | Nine Network |
| 2009 | "Financial Crisis" | Sky News Business |
| 2009 | "Nike Human Rights Investigation", Seven News | Seven Network |
| 2010 | "Victorian Bushfires", Seven News‡ | Seven Network |
| 2010 | "Bushfire Disaster", Ten News Victoria | Network Ten |
| 2010 | "Godwin Grech", ABC News | ABC |
| 2010 | "Samoan Tsunami", Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2010 | "Victorian Bushfires", ABC News | ABC |
| 2011 | "New Zealand Mine Disaster", Seven News‡ | Seven Network |
| 2011 | "Afghanistan Rocket Attack", Ten News | Network Ten |
| 2011 | "Election 2010" | Sky News Australia |
| 2011 | "Laurie Oakes Election Leaks", Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2011 | "Pakistan Floods", ABC News | ABC |
| 2012 | "The Queensland Floods", Nine News‡ | Nine Network |
| 2012 | "Lockyer Valley Flood", Seven News Brisbane | Seven Network |
| 2012 | "Qantas Grounded", Sky News National | Sky News Australia |
| 2012 | "Skype Scandal", Ten News at Five | Network Ten |
| 2012 | "Unfinished Business", SBS World News Australia | SBS |
| 2013 | "Catholic Church Allegedly Hid Crimes of Paedophile Priests", Lateline‡ | ABC |
| 2013 | "Baden-Clay", Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2013 | "Cabinet Leaks", Seven News Sydney | Seven Network |
| 2013 | "Fukushima", ABC News | ABC |
| 2013 | "Rudd Vs Gillard Leadership Challenge", Sky News | — |
| 2014 | "NSW Bushfires", Nine News‡ | Nine Network |
| 2014 | "Crisis in Cairo" — Brett Mason, World News Australia | SBS |
| 2014 | "Leadership Spill" | Sky News |
| 2014 | "Missing the Boat" – Jaymes Diaz interview, Ten Eyewitness News | Network Ten |
| 2014 | "The Dark Side of the Force", Seven News | Seven Network |
| 2015 | "Lindt Café Siege", Seven News‡ | Seven Network |
| 2015 | "Moree", NITV News | NITV |
| 2015 | "Peter Greste Trial", 7pm News | ABC |
| 2015 | "Sydney Siege", Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2015 | "What Is Metadata", Sky News | Foxtel |
| 2016 | "Parramatta Shooting", Seven News‡ | Seven Network |
| 2016 | "Iraq-Syria War Coverage", ABC 7pm News | ABC |
| 2016 | "Liberal Leadership Crisis: Abbott v Turnbull", Sky News | Foxtel |
| 2016 | "Migrant Crisis - Special Report", ABC 7pm News | ABC |
| 2016 | "Paris Attack", Seven News | Seven Network |
| 2017 | "Sky News Election Coverage 2016" Sky News Live‡ | Foxtel |
| 2017 | "Bankstown Hospital", Nine News | Nine Network |
| 2017 | "Federal Election 2016", Seven News | Seven Network |
| 2017 | "Inside Syria", SBS World News | SBS |
| 2017 | "S.A. Waste Dump", NITV News | NITV |

### Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report

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

### Most Outstanding Public Affairs Program

| Year | Program | Network |
| 2003 | Sunday‡ | Nine Network |
| 2003 | The 7.30 Report | ABC |
| 2003 | Dateline | SBS |
| 2003 | Foreign Correspondent | ABC |
| 2003 | Lateline | ABC |

### Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report

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