Laura Tingle was appointed Global Affairs Editor of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in May 2025. She has reported on Australian politics for more than 40 years and, prior to her current appointment, worked for the ABC as political editor for the ABC’s 7.30 program for seven years.
She previously held senior positions in print media, reporting on finance, economics, and politics, including more than a decade as political editor of the Australian Financial Review. She has written four Quarterly Essays on Australian politics, institutional governance, and comparative Australian and New Zealand political economic history over the past 40 years.
She has also reported on European defence and foreign policy for the Australian Financial Review and for Australian Foreign Affairs. She has won two Walkley Awards and from 2020 to 2025, was President of the National Press Club of Australia. In 2023 joined the board of the ABC as staff-elected director.
