Introduction

Kate McLemont is an investigative journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald. She has won no fewer than seven Walkley Awards, including Australian journalism's greatest honour,. A gold Walkley for her coverage of the salary cap scandal that saw the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs thrown out of the National Rugby League competition. Kate often risks her own safety in exposing Sydney's underbelly, and in so doing receives death threats. How could you not love someone like Kate McLemont? Without much further ado, please enjoy our conversation.