Adele FergusonInvestigative Journalist
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Two landmark books from one of Australia's most decorated investigative journalists — a national bestseller that triggered a royal commission, and the definitive biography of Australia's richest person.

Banking Bad by Adele Ferguson — book cover
National Bestseller2019ABC Books / HarperCollinsInvestigative Journalism

Banking Bad

Whistleblowers. Corporate cover-ups. One journalist's fight for the truth.

The explosive account of how Australia's banks and financial institutions put profits before people — and how a group of determined journalists, whistleblowers and victims fought back. The book behind Australia's Banking Royal Commission.

In 2018, against all the odds, Australia held a royal commission into the banking and financial services industries. Its revelations rocked the nation. Few people were more instrumental in bringing about the commission than Adele Ferguson. Now in Banking Bad, Ferguson tells the full story of the power imbalance, toxic culture and cover-ups — and asks: will it all be business as usual from now on?

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Gina Rinehart: The Untold Story by Adele Ferguson — book cover
ABIA Award Shortlist2012Pan Macmillan AustraliaBiography

Gina Rinehart

The Untold Story of the Richest Woman in the World

The definitive biography of Australia's richest person — a story of extraordinary wealth, bitter family feuds, and the relentless pursuit of power. Based on painstaking research and a wealth of interviews.

Gina Rinehart is not just the richest person in Australian history — she is fast becoming one of the richest people in the world. Based on painstaking research and interviews with colleagues, friends, family and former employees, Adele Ferguson has written the definitive biography, shining a light into the private world of Gina Rinehart, her family, her feuds and the iron determination that has driven her relentless rise.

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Adele Ferguson — award-winning ABC investigative journalist and author of Banking Bad and Gina Rinehart: The Untold Story

About the Author

Adele Ferguson

Adele Ferguson is one of Australia's most decorated investigative journalists, working for the ABC's investigative unit on Four Corners and 7.30. A winner of two Gold Walkleys, 13 Walkley Awards, two Logies, the Graham Perkin Award for Australian Journalist of the Year, and a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

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