Stephen Rice runs The Australian’s NSW bureau and writes on a wide range of subjects. Hestarted his newspaper career at The Sydney Morning Herald before moving into television, where he became executive producer of Nine’s Sunday and Business Sunday programs. He has worked as a senior investigative producer on 60 Minutes and the Seven Network’s Sunday Night. He has law and arts degrees from the Australian National University and has twice won Walkley awards, including the award for Leadership in Journalism.