Annika Smethurst wins Scoop of the Year at the Walkley Awards

HERALD Sun political journalist Annika Smethurst has won a top industry award for Scoop of the Year for the second time after exposing another MP’s misuse of taxpayers’ money.

HERALD Sun political journalist Annika Smethurst has been awarded “Scoop of the Year” at the 2017 Walkley Awards for excellence in Australian journalism.

Smethurst won the award for her series of articles which revealed former Health Minister Sussan Ley had charged taxpayers almost $40,000 for several trips to Queensland, among them a house-hunting visit to the Gold Coast.

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Annika Smethurst pictured at the 2017 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. Picture: AAP Image/Josh Woning

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This is the second time Smethurst has won the award, after taking home the gong in 2015 for her expose on the Bronwyn Bishop chopper scandal.

The winner of the 2017 Walkley Award for Scoop of the Year is Annika Smethurst, Herald Sun https://t.co/P4YrJ17Mn1 #Walkleys pic.twitter.com/Cz5j3HjQmy

— Walkley Foundation (@walkleys) November 29, 2017