17 September 2006

   

2026 nelson mandela

lecture

 

2026 nelson mandela lecture 


The 2026 Nelson Mandela Lecture will be presented investigative journalist and human rights advocate Paul Caruana Galizia, whose work has exposed corruption, driven accountability, and helped shape international conversations on justice, transparency, and press freedom. 

Following his lecture, Paul will be in conversation with Drew Ambrose, international correspondent and long-form investigative journalist, for a timely discussion on human rights, accountability, and the enduring importance of fearless, independent journalism.

Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre

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Paul Caruana Galizia

Paul Caruana Galizia is an investigative journalist at the Financial Times in London. His reporting has led to parliamentary inquiries, the dismantling of a multi-billion-pound hedge fund company, exposed sexual misconduct by one of the world's most successful authors – and has won journalism awards, including an Orwell Prize special award, British Journalism Award, and Press Award.

His book about his mother Daphne's assassination, A Death in Malta, won the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award for the best book on international affairs. With his brothers, he has received a Magnitsky Human Rights Award and an Anderson-Lucas-Norman Award for campaigning to achieve justice for her.

Daphne Caruana Galizia was Malta’s most prominent investigative journalist, best known for exposing high-level political and financial corruption, and she was killed by a car bomb near her home in Bidnija in October 2017 – an assassination that shocked Malta and drew global outrage. 



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Drew Ambrose
INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT

Drew Ambrose is an international correspondent specializing in long-form investigative reporting on global affairs and human rights abuses. He has produced over 140 news documentaries in 45 countries and led numerous groundbreaking digital projects. Fluent in Bahasa Indonesia, Drew lived in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta, working full-time in bureaus for major news organizations. Throughout his career, he has reported from the frontlines of dangerous countries such as Myanmar, Syria, Ukraine, Papua New Guinea and Mexico. Drew has conducted complex investigations into dolphin hunting, secret torture centers, deforestation, clergy abuse, medical waste dumping, cyber-pedophilia, enforced disappearances, slavery, sex trafficking, and indigenous incarceration.

He also created three special series for Al Jazeera English: A Sense of Community, Mindset, and Flatten the Curve. As a volunteer, Drew has lectured, conducted workshops, and created curricula for schools and tertiary institutions. He has mentored young reporters for press organizations and contributed chapters to five academic books on journalism. His reporting has won the Wincott Award, the Venice TV Award, six New York Festival Gold Medals, three Overseas Press Club of America citations, four Walkley Awards, four Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards and the coveted International Journalist of the Year category of the One World Media Awards.

 

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The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre

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