Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros have won the Gold Walkley, the top honour at the 68th Walkley awards, for their coverage of the PwC tax leaks scandal on a night that recognised The Australian Financial Review’s decades-long contribution to Australian journalism.

Chenoweth and Tadros won three categories for their reporting of the scandal, which ultimately led to the break-up of the accounting firm in Australia and the biggest crackdown on misconduct by tax advisers in Australian history.