Petra Rees is the launch editor of The Australian’s Health & Wellbeing section. Rees has been deputy editor of The Australian since 2016, her second stint in the role, and has previously served as national chief-of-staff, deputy editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine, editor of Review and editor of new magazine publications. The Walkley award winner, who has an honours degree in literature, began her career in journalism more than 40 years ago in Wollongong and also worked at the Times on Sunday.