Insiders

Mike Bowers is a photographer, a regular commentator on ABC Radio, and host of Talking Pictures on ABC's  Insiders. He has spent 30 years in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery and has published four books, including Gallipoli Untold Stories, The Big Picture: 175 Years of The Sydney Morning Herald and A Century of Pictures: 100 Years of Herald Photography. His fourth book, Armageddon: Two Men on an ANZAC Trail, was a joint venture with journalist Paul Daley.  

Jack Latimore is a Birpai-Thungutti man, a journalist and a writer. He currently works as the Aboriginal affairs journalist for The Age. 

Samantha Maiden is the political editor for news.com.au and won the Gold Walkley in 2022. She has won three Walkleys in total for her coverage of federal politics and was named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year, Kennedy Awards Journalist of the Year and Press Gallery Journalist of the Year for 2021. A press gallery veteran, she has covered federal politics for more than 20 years. Her new book, Open Secrets, will be published by Harper Collins. 

David Speers has won two individual Walkley Awards for interviewing, along with a number of other Walkley, Logie and Kennedy Awards for his journalism. He also won the Press Gallery Journalist of the Year Award. David spent 20 years working from the Canberra Press Gallery, serving three years as Gallery President and 15 years on the board of the National Press Club. His first book, On Mutiny, was published in 2018. 

Laura Tingle is the chief political correspondent for nightly ABC current affairs program 7.30 and has been the President of the National Press Club since 2020. She is the author of Chasing the Future: Recession, Recovery and the New Politics in Australia and four acclaimed Quarterly Essays: Great Expectations, Political Amnesia, Follow the Leader and The High Road.