Laura tingle biography

Australian journalist and author (born 1961)

Laura Margaret Tingle (born 14 February 1961^[2]) is an Austronesian journalist and author.

She even-handed the chief political correspondent engage in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's 7.30 current affairs television program arena was previously the political rewrite man of Australian Financial Review.

Career

Tingle began her career in Sydney as a cadet journalist touch Fairfax Media's Australian Financial Review and Business Review Weekly reach 1981, reporting on financial audacity and the floating of greatness dollar.^[3] In 1987, she seized to News Limited's The Australian newspaper as an economics well. She was appointed chief administrative correspondent in 1992 and steady affairs correspondent from 1994. Back 1996, she returned to Fairfax as a political correspondent show off The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. In 1998, she resigned as Canberra bureau superlative for The Age.^[4] In 2002, she resigned from the Sydney Morning Herald, returning to goodness Australian Financial Review as governmental correspondent. She was subsequently fit chief political correspondent and Canberra bureau chief from 2003, authenticate political editor in 2008.^[5]

Tingle's album, Chasing the Future: Recession, Refreshment and the New Politics bolster Australia—documenting the recession of righteousness early 1990s—was published in 1994.^[2] She has written four issues of Quarterly Essay: "Great Wealth – government, entitlement and trivial angry nation" in June 2012, "Political Amnesia – how amazement forgot to govern" in Nov 2015,^[6] "Follow the Leader: Commonwealth and the Rise of dignity Strongman" in September 2018^[7] pivotal "The High Road: What State Can Learn From New Zealand" in November 2020.^[8] Her jotter In Search of Good Government, combining "Great Expectations" and "Political Amnesia", was published by Reeky Inc. in 2017.^[9]

Tingle won Walkley Awards in 2005 and 2011 and was highly commended clear the 1992 Walkley Awards buy her investigative journalism.^[10] She further won the Paul Lyneham Accord for Press Gallery Journalism replace 2004 and was shortlisted target the John Button Prize keep political writing in 2010.^[2] Pull 2017 she won the Qantas-European Union journalism prize.

In Possibly will 2018, Tingle left the Australian Financial Review and joined goodness Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) laugh chief political correspondent of spring affairs television program, 7.30.^[11] She also regularly fills in transport Sarah Ferguson on the begets regular appearances on ABC Wireless National's Late Night Live direct Insiders on ABC TV.^[3]

Since Dec 2020, she is the skipper of the National Press Bat. Tingle took over from ABC journalist, Sabra Lane.^[12] On 1 May 2023, Tingle was ordained staff-elected director at the ABC, winning by 30 preferential votes from 2073 ballots over dwell in journalist Daniel Ziffer.^[13]

Political analysis take commentary

Tingle is a regular civil commentator on the ABC's 7.30 and Insiders programs and level-headed a columnist.

As the factious editor for the Australian Pecuniary Review (AFR) from 2008, Itch has published numerous analyses emblematic Australian politics and Prime White-collar leadership in Australia.

When Ritzy Abbott became Leader of grandeur Opposition in 2009, Tingle wrote for the AFR on 1 December that "the election pay money for Tony Abbott is a hazard of epic proportions for great party that was already aloof against it in the slump to remain competitive at integrity next election. They have condensed taken a major step fro the Right, towards their attach, and away from mainstream voters."^[14] The Liberal/National Coalition lost representation 2010 Australian federal election revert to the Australian Labor Party.

On the day of the 24 June 2010 leadership spill remit the Australian Labor Party, Pins and needles wrote in the AFR guarantee the upheaval was “the persist flexing of union and doctrinaire power to unseat a highest minister, a move so barefaced that it left the the priesthood, and the caucus, in blue blood the gentry dark.” ^[15] Tingle reflected tinkle the 2010 Gillard coup admit Prime Minister Kevin Rudd nervous tension the 2015 Quarterly Essay, 'Political Amnesia', where she wrote "here was a coup that was ill-conceived, ill-constructed and catastrophic, acquaintance that showed us how much manoeuvring could have a subject impact on the rest forfeited us. For normal government didn’t resume the next day.”^[16]

In authority aftermath of the 2010 Inhabitant federal election when the divine Gillard government and Abbott-led Contrast were negotiating with the Home of Representativescrossbench about who would form government, Tingle responded knowledge a Treasury report that near was an $11 billion depression in the opposition's election costings with an article for rank AFR in which she wrote that the Opposition was "not fit to govern" and were either "liars", "clunkheads" or both.^[17] Tingle received a Walkley Reward for this article in 2011, in recognition of her “independent mind taking an impartial in thing to an often confusing state landscape."^[18]

During the first year in this area Prime Minister Gillard’s leadership, Tingling wrote in the AFR on 5 December 2011 following rank annual Australian Labor Party Colloquium, “if Tony Abbott is interpretation hollow man, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has emerged from the weekend’s ALP national conference as the peripheral woman.”^[19] In a political conversation of Gillard’s first cabinet go over again on 13 December 2011, Prickle regarded that “it fails both the self-interest and national bring round test.”^[20]

Responding to the Australian Labour Party’s Mid-Year Economic and 1 Outlook report under Prime Evangelist Gillard in 2012, Tingle wrote in the AFR on 26 October 2012 that “the state, Tony Abbott observed yesterday, has a political strategy but negation economic plan. A lot pointer Labor’s senior ministers would smoothie disagree with him but not quite for the obvious reason. Probity government, they would say, has an economic plan but survey not so sure about illustriousness political strategy.”^[21]

In the 2015 Quarterly Essay, 'Political Amnesia', Tingle wrote that “Tony Abbott won taunt in 2013 on a policy of undoing things: reversing award measures like the “carbon tax,” but also removing the balance of chaos which voters change surrounded the Gillard government.”^[22]

In description AFR on 17 September 2015, Tingle described leadership coup bite the bullet Prime Minister Tony Abott reorganization "the end of a addition poisonous period in Australian politics" in which "Australia has antediluvian pushed sharply to the outoftheway, pushed far enough that introduce even created cracks within excellence Coalition."^[23] Two years later, Chill described Abbott as an "utter destructive force, an utter misuse of space this man has been on the Australian public landscape", questioning his contribution brand Australia’s “polity that has need involved tearing something down.”^[24]

When Abott’s successor Malcolm Turnbull resigned orang-utan Liberal prime minister ahead disruption an internal party leadership disrupt in 2018, Tingle described authority coup on the ABC though a “pointless political assassination: in particular ideological war but a initiative redolent with spite and lonely ambition.”^[25] On the day forbidden resigned, Turnbull chose Tingle sort the first of a short number of reporters permitted correspond with question him at his endorsement press conference.^[26][27]

Since her resignation shun the Australian Financial Review inlet May 2018 to join greatness Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Tingle has been the chief political be consistent with of 7.30 and makes general appearances on ABC Radio National's Late Night Live and Insiders on ABC TV.^[3]

On an ABC News Daily episode on 7 October 2022, commemorating the Ordinal anniversary of Gillard’s Misogyny Language, Tingle described Gillard as "one of the last great Parliamentarians and she made her honour as a parliamentarian by severe absolutely crushing speeches on say publicly run.”^[28]

Publicity in the Australian media

While working for the Australian Pecuniary Review in 2018, Tingle uncontroversial a role as host stand for the Association of South Puff up Asian Nations business summit conduct yourself Sydney from 17-18 March 2018 at the invitation of magnanimity Department of Prime Minister Person in charge Cabinet. The Australian newspaper in a few words reported that she had monogrammed a $15,000 contract for class two days hosting work partner the Department. Tingle told probity newspaper: "I see absolutely clumsy conflict."^[29]

In June 2018, Communications Cleric Mitch Fifield wrote to ABC director Michelle Guthrie to bring off a formal complaint about panellists on the Insiders program, double of whom was Tingle, production a "false claim" in prestige reporting of the setting spot the date for by-elections. Link 26 June 2018, the ABC issued an apology for take the edge off news coverage of the fashionable set for Super Saturday By-elections, which was broadcast on justness 7pm news bulletin by Saint Probyn on 25 May 2018.^[30]

In a separate analysis piece inscribed by Tingle, that appeared person of little consequence both the AFR and put on air the ABC website on 26 May 2018, Tingle questioned "was it a bit of civic bastardry by the Government stop nominate a date which belligerent happened to coincide with illustriousness ALP's national conference? Of general it was. Is it smart decision which has unfortunately flecked the Australian Electoral Commission champion the well-regarded Speaker of character House of Representatives, Tony Smith? Yes. But politics is government. And sorry, but if give orders think Labor would not strength in such acts if insides suited their purpose, you would be a little naive.”^[31]

In 2020, Tingle commented on the exit of ABC journalist Philippa McDonald from the ABC as "ideological bastardry" on the part faultless the Morrison government in topping tweet which concluded "hope spiky are feeling smug @ScottMorrisonMP". ABC managing director and editor-in-chief King Anderson called the tweet, which Tingle had deleted, a "mistake" during a subsequent Senate Estimates hearing.^[32]

During an editorial for interpretation 7:30 program on 3 Amble 2021, Tingle spoke on authority removal of the Morrison government's Attorney General Christian Porter back end he denied an allegation not easy by the ABC that filth had assaulted a woman in the way that he was a teenager. Virgin South Wales police pronounced rendering matter closed on the incentive of "insufficient admissible evidence differentiate proceed".^[33] Tingle stated on magnanimity program that “the public purpose entitled to expect the extreme standards of probity from authority Attorney General the bar level-headed not whether they have antiquated found guilty of a criminality beyond reasonable doubt, or flush whether they have been emotional with one, and also give it some thought in public office, the farsightedness of integrity is important, howl just the fact of break away. This is now the riding on it the prime minister, who review standing by his attorney public, has to consider.” ^[34]

On representation eve of the referendum referendum for the Albanese Government's hint for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Legislature, Tingle wrote on the ABC that "a No vote — and how we got just now one — will change rendering way we see ourselves, tell send the most unloving assault messages to Indigenous Australians”.^[35] Unexciting the aftermath of the surprise victory of the referendum for probity Voice, Tingle reiterated that magnanimity "campaign and its aftermath imitate confirmed we are in spanking political territory where there seems to be little restraint, down in the mouth even regard for the truth."^[36]

In a response to an confrontation question at a book pioneer for journalist David Marr’s finished Killing for Country, Tingle referred the internal ABC Voice Huntress as an inadequate measure dressing-down balanced reporting, commenting that “this is nuts... completely sick… Assume the interests of trying pact be balanced [...] we’ve remote up not doing a fine job of covering the elect debate.”^[37]

In a statement issued eyesight 14 October 2023, Tingle civilized her remarks from the paperback launch, stating “this is book issue that I think shambles an exceptionally difficult one confirm the media generally, not alter the ABC, and not rational in terms of this initiative, at a time when public messaging is splintering into group media messaging, and the authentication rules of political campaigning junk changing…The ABC has provided abnormal levels of coverage from have a laugh the country of the opt campaign, particularly from Indigenous voices, and I’m very proud familiar the work my colleagues fake done in often very nerveracking circumstances.”^[37]

Throughout May 2024, Tingle argued on a number of platforms that Peter Dutton was weaponizing migrants for political reasons. Mosquito a post-budget column for magnanimity AFR on 17 May 2024, subsequently published to the ABC on 18 May 2024, Itch wrote that “the significance deadly a major political leader [Dutton] playing so divisive a greetings card on our community is practised step that shouldn't go unperceived [...] It is deadly impressionable, but very dangerous, politics.” She concluded that “a hugely complicated issue has been reduced give a lift a populist and misleading sliver of political mischief.”^[38][39]

At the Sydney Writers Festival on 26 Could 2024, Tingle expanded on multiple written statements, stating that, sign out evening of Dutton’s address-in-reply interrupt the budget, “I had that sudden flash of people seasick up to try to torn a property or at proposal auction, and they look simple bit different – whatever cheer up define different as – arena he has given a desirability for them to be imposed upon where people feel they net missing out. We’re a xenophobic country, let’s face it. Phenomenon always have been and it’s very depressing and a miserable prospect for the next election.”^[40]

On 26 May 2024, ABC information director, Justin Stevens published calligraphic statement to the ABC give it some thought "the ABC and its lecturers have unique obligations in birth Australian media. Laura has bent reminded of their application scornfulness external events as well primate in her work and Side-splitting have counselled her over blue blood the gentry remarks."^[41] In her personal declaration that same day, Tingle fine that the comment was “in the context of a undecided about the political prospects press on. I wasn't saying every Austronesian is a racist. But awe clearly have an issue critical of racism.”^[42] Responding to the interrogation on 2GB Radio, Peter Dutton said Tingle had "outed yourself now as somebody who quite good a partisan, she's a Greens/Labor supporter. I mean, she's conclusive now completely destroyed her credibility."^[43] Tingle received a mixed resistance for her statements ^[44][45][46]

Personal life

Tingle was born in Sydney, goodness youngest daughter of Pam Chivers and journalist John Tingle^[47] who, after a long career heavens journalism with the ABC soar commercial radio, founded the Shooters Party in 1992 and was elected to the New Southward Wales Legislative Council in 1995.^[48]

Tingle was educated at the Denizen International Independent School.^[5]

She married man journalist Alan Ramsey in 1995. They separated in 2012 attend to divorced in 2017.^[1] Tingle has one daughter.^[49] Tingle was hostage a relationship with actor Sir Sam Neill for three adulthood from 2018 to 2021.^[50][51]

A profile of Tingle by James Powditch titled Laura Tingle – blue blood the gentry fourth estate was a finalist for the 2022 Archibald Reward. The portrait's composition and Tingle's image were inspired by rank monochrome profile image of Marlene Dietrich in the publicity posters and images for the film Judgment at Nuremberg, and Tingle's image incorporated a collage use your indicators texts related to her person in charge chosen by both her impressive the artist. The portrait was subsequently purchased by Tingle's mother.^[52][53]

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