Louise Milligan
Investigative Reporter: 4 Corners, ABC. Personal account.
Author: Pheasants Nest, Witness, Cardinal.
Walkley winner, Press Freedom medallist.
Dublin-born. New novel, Shellybanks, out March 2026.
I salute sources’ courage.
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- I’d better pick up my headgear game because delighted to report the lovely Marieke Hardy will be in conversation with me at Cinema Nova, Thursday March 5 for Readings Books for my Melbourne launch of my forthcoming novel, Shellybanks. Booking details here: www.readings.com.au/events/louis...
- BREAKING: I have just received this from the Adelaide Festival Board as a (former) Adelaide Writers Week participant. They have apologised to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, cancelled Writers’ Week, expressed regret and the remaining festival board members will now step down.
- Word limits above so it is important to add they apologised for “how the decision was represented” to Dr Abdel-Fattah. Not for the decision itself.
- For the record as I am being asked, I made a personal decision as an author to send this to my friend Louise Adler earlier today. #Adelaidewritersweek
- BREAKING: Last update for my journalistic year. Following our #4Corners investigation God Complex into neurosurgeon Greg Malham & complaints by patients & staff at Epworth Hospital… Medical regulator AHPRA has imposed conditions on Dr Malham’s registration. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
- To the beautiful people of my former home of North #Bondi, Australia holds you in its broken heart tonight. In Bondi we always felt so safe, so alive. It’s devastating that that was destroyed today. To the Jewish community, always so central to the heart of Bondi, we are so incredibly sorry.
- Analysis from me about historic passing of laws in Australia’s smallest jurisdiction, the ACT, to allow childhood abuse survivors to sue institutions for vicarious liability. What about other states? Lawyer Judy Courtin says they need “the balls & the ovaries”. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
- Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
- Reposted by Louise MilliganUnion members at the ABC and across the media industry stand with John Lyons and reject the US President’s unfounded attacks on our colleague. #MEAAmedia
- RIP #RobertRedford. This was his best. Inspiration to all of us journalists whose mission is holding truth to power. Still such an important message on the corrosion of democracy. Solidarity to my colleague John Lyons, preparing a story on the current climate for our program #4Corners. #journalism
- Me too! Proud to be part of this 64-year tradition of holding truth to power. Thank you. ❤️
- I'm proud of #4Corners it continues to hold truth to power. @milliganreports.bsky.social
- Reposted by Louise MilliganHeartbreaking hearing Mick sharing stories of, not only his appalling repeated sexual assault, but also their desire to cover up and pay hush money is re-traumatising. Impressive journalism by Four Corners Louise Milligan. #fourCorners #4Corners
- "Today I’m here for one purpose. And that is to expose the cover-up." Some days, I meet a source whose courage absolutely knocks my socks off. Today, Mick Dover is risking one million dollars to tell his story to 4 Corners. Watch ABC TV 8.30pm & YouTube. #PBCC #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
- Reposted by Louise MilliganHighly recommend ABC #4Corners report on the Plymouth Brethren by @milliganreports.bsky.social. The trauma suffered by every one of the people who've escaped this cult is tragic. I hope they receive the comfort and support they need and deserve. 😔 #religion #auspol iview.abc.net.au/show/four-co...
- Private investigators. A political Mr Fixit. “These guys are giving me the big-time creeps.” “You’re dumb, you’re dumb… you'll end up… in the Lake of Fire.” What happens when you challenge the #Brethren business model. Brave men spoke out. #4Corners #auspol. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
- ICYMI, our entire #4Corners, Big Brethren, is here. Posting YouTube so international viewers can watch. Thank you to all of the incredibly brave people who spoke to us. m.youtube.com/watch?v=lFEI...
- Reposted by Louise Milligan@milliganreports.bsky.social is absolutely killing it tonight! Important four corners article about far right Christian interference in Australian politics And their covering up of child abuse Powerful reporting. Well done team!
- Reposted by Louise MilliganJaw dropping story Louise. Thank you!!!!
- Reposted by Louise MilliganGood work. Praying for justice for Mick.
- "Today I’m here for one purpose. And that is to expose the cover-up." Some days, I meet a source whose courage absolutely knocks my socks off. Today, Mick Dover is risking one million dollars to tell his story to 4 Corners. Watch ABC TV 8.30pm & YouTube. #PBCC #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
- BREAKING from us at #4Corners: Former Morrison govt Health Minister Greg Hunt working for a Brethren company which received $54 million in COVID-19 contracts from Health Department while he was Minister. Mr Hunt says decisions made by his department, not him. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
- PM Anthony Albanese has described the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (formerly the “Exclusive Brethren”) as a cult & its activities during the last election will be scrutinised in a parliamentary inquiry. Watch Big Brethren, #4Corners, Monday 8.30 ABC TV & YouTube for our international viewers.
- A few people have been asking. There is a much shorter version of my The Monthly #Pell piece on ABC online here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
- Reposted by Louise MilliganJournalist @milliganreports.bsky.social important piece for @themonthly.com.au "The True Legacy of the Rapist George Pell" is available online again. #CatholicChurch #religion #auslaw #justice #JournalismMatters themonthly.com.au/february-202...
- Another piece of big and welcome news. My @themonthly story about the true history of George Pell is back up.
- Our cover story for the February 2025 issue of The Monthly was an extraordinary and incendiary essay by award-winning journalist @milliganreports.bsky.social, telling the story of some of the forgotten victims of the late Cardinal George Pell.
- Press release about my new novel Shellybanks, out March 3: www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202... #books #publishing
- Reposted by Louise MilliganYeah! Looking forward to it. Loved Pheasant's Nest.
- COVER REVEAL! My new novel Shellybanks will be published by Allen & Unwin in March. “Haunting, fearless and unforgettable… Shellybanks is a gripping novel about trauma, survival, and the courage of women facing the shadows of Ireland’s past from the bestselling author of Pheasants Nest.” #books
- COVER REVEAL! My new novel Shellybanks will be published by Allen & Unwin in March. “Haunting, fearless and unforgettable… Shellybanks is a gripping novel about trauma, survival, and the courage of women facing the shadows of Ireland’s past from the bestselling author of Pheasants Nest.” #books
- Read this important editorial in The Age about the ugly defamation cottage industry and its appalling attacks on free speech and public interest journalism. www.theage.com.au/national/lan...
- 🙏Leanne Rowe in MJA on our #4Corners: “God Complex brought into sharp focus what #medical profession has been grappling with for a very long time..The ABC’s central question — why have doctors allowed this to persist? — deserves a transparent public response.” insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/30/four...
- BREAKING: Epworth #hospital to refer another patient complaint about neurosurgeon Greg Malham to medical regulator after patient said he was “arrogant” & “dehumanising”. She came forward after our #4Corners story God Complex. We’ve been flooded with correspondence. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
- If you missed No Return, the excellent #4Corners on the tax office by my colleagues Angus Grigg and Neil Chenoweth, you should catch up on ABC iView and YouTube. iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2503...
- Reposted by Louise MilliganSuperb reporting but is a really tough read.
