Judging Panel

Dr Galbally is Chair of the National People with Disabilities and Carer Council, the Disability Advisory Council of Victoria, and the Royal Women’s Health Hospital and Patron of Compassionate Friends.  She was co-founder and CEO of the groundbreaking web-based organisation, www.ourcommunity.com.au; the founding CEO of VicHealth and a former CEO of the Australian Commission for the Future.  In 1990 Rhonda was recognised with an Order of Australia for services to the community.

Alan Howe is Executive Editor of the Herald & Weekly Times, publisher of the Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Weekly Times and MX. For more than 12 years he edited Melbourne's Sunday Herald Sun, making it Australia's fastest-growing newspaper. He has been described by Stephen Mayne, founder of www.crikey.com.au as the most successful editor
in Australia.

Ross Stevenson is a member of Australia’s highest-rating breakfast program Breakfast with Ross Stevenson & John Burns on Melbourne radio station 3AW. A lawyer by training, his last job before entering radio was with Slater and Gordon. He has long been credited as a ‘champion of the people’.

Michelle Grattan is Political Editor of The Age. In 1993 she was appointed editor of The Canberra Times, making her the first woman to become editor of an Australian metropolitan daily newspaper.
In 2006 she was awarded a Walkley Award for Journalism Leadership.

Steve Carey is Director of News for Seven News Melbourne. He previously worked with National Nine News, ABC News and the 7.30 Report. He was the Seven Network’s former European correspondent.
He was supervising producer on Seven’s Today Tonight. Steve has been Director of News at Seven since 2003.