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      <image:title>Adele Ferguson AM — Award-winning ABC investigative journalist and two-time Graham Perkin Award winner</image:title>
      <image:caption>Homepage of Adele Ferguson, Australia's most decorated investigative journalist. Gold Walkley, two-time Graham Perkin Award winner, and Member of the Order of Australia.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About Adele Ferguson — Australia's most decorated investigative journalist</image:title>
      <image:caption>Learn about Adele Ferguson's career, from her early days at the Australian Financial Review to becoming Australia's most decorated investigative journalist with two Gold Walkley Awards and two Graham Perkin Awards.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Adele Ferguson Journalism — Landmark investigations that changed Australia</image:title>
      <image:caption>Browse Adele Ferguson's portfolio of groundbreaking journalism, from Banking Bad to Betrayal of Trust, featuring Gold Walkley-winning investigations that triggered royal commissions and legislative reform.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Adele Ferguson Awards — Gold Walkley, Graham Perkin, Logie and Walkley Awards</image:title>
      <image:caption>Full list of Adele Ferguson's journalism awards and honours, including two Gold Walkley Awards, two Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Awards, Logie Awards, Kennedy Awards, and Member of the Order of Australia.</image:caption>
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