Heath is a parochial Novocastrian and senior reporter at news.com.au. He started off at country newspapers in 2016, before moving to Sydney and working for Fairfax, the ABC and News Corp. He’s covered almost everything, but is most passionate about reporting on the realm of court and crime.

Bimini Plesser will be reporting for The Australian, The Courier-Mail and The Sunshine Coast Daily as one of this year’s News Corp Cadets. Bimini is no stranger to News however, having previously worked in breaking news for the Courier-Mail. Her passion for journalism began in school, eventually leading her to obtain a Bachelor of Journalism from UQ and begin the News Corp Cadetship in 2024.

Andrew Webster is one of the nation’s finest and most unflinching sports writers. A 30-year veteran journalist and author of nine books, his most recent with four-time NRL premiership-winning coach Ivan Cleary, Webster has a wide brief across football codes and the Olympic disciplines, from playing field to boardroom.

The Mocker amuses himself by calling out poseurs, sneering social commentators, and po-faced officials. He is deeply suspicious of those who seek increased regulation of speech and behaviour. Believing that journalism is dominated by idealists and activists, he likes to provide a realist’s perspective of politics and current affairs.

Actor, director, producer and writer, Graeme Blundell has been associated with many pivotal moments in Australian theatre, film and television. He has directed over 100 plays, acted in about the same number, and appeared in more than 40 films and hundreds of hours of television. He is also a prolific reporter, and is the national television critic for The Australian. Graeme presents movies on Foxtel’s Fox Classics, and presents film review show Screen on Foxtel’s arts channel with Margaret Pomeranz.

Damon Kitney has spent three decades in financial journalism, including 16 years at The Australian Financial Review and 12 years as Victorian business editor at The Australian. He specialises in writing the untold personal stories of the nation’s richest and most private people and now has his own writing and advisory business, DMK Publishing. He has published three books, The Price of Fortune: The Untold Story of being James Packer; The Inner Sanctum, and The Fortune Tellers.

Nadia Salemme is a senior editor and digital director whose work has been published by The Australian, The Sunday Telegraph, Vogue, Stellar, and news.com.au. Her career has included stints in London, New York and Los Angeles, and as part of a national news desk, she has covered international politics, the finance/business sector, and high-profile interviews, spanning agenda-setting celebrities to political figures.