The New Daily’s Scott Morrison holiday scoop wins Walkley Award

The New Daily’s expose of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Hawaiian holiday during Australia’s devastating bushfires has been named Scoop of the Year at Friday night’s Walkley Awards.

Former TND political editor Samantha Maiden claimed the award for the 2019 story  Hawaii Two-O: Scott Morrison’s bushfire holiday.

The Walkey Award judges found that Maiden’s story not only resulted in an apology from Mr Morrison, but had an impact on the PM’s approach to the pandemic just months…