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Name
  
Liz Jackson

Role
  
Journalist


Children
  
Rose Jackson

TV shows
  
Four Corners

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Liz Jackson (born 1951) is an Australian journalist and former barrister noted for her work on the Four Corners and Media Watch television programs.

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Career

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Jackson grew up in Melbourne, Australia and commenced work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1986. Prior to her career with the ABC, Jackson also worked in a community legal centre in Australia and practised law in London as a barrister at Gray's Inn. Jackson returned to Australia and worked for the NSW Premier's Department, in the Women's Coordination Unit, dealing with laws to protect women from violence.

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After joining Four Corners as an investigative reporter in 1994, Jackson has been awarded Walkley Awards, Australia's awards for journalism, on five occasions for her work on the following:

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  • The situation in Somalia;
  • The suicide of Aboriginal activist Rob Riley;
  • "Fixing Cricket", a report about cricket match-fixing (2000);
  • "Go to jail", regarding the Northern Territory's mandatory sentencing laws (2000); and,
  • "Putting the Children at Risk", an investigation into the New South Wales Government Department of Community Services (2002).

  • Jackson has also received three Logie Awards (the Australian equivalent of an Emmy award) for "Fixing Cricket" and stories related to the Blackhawk disaster and HIV transmission from a doctor's surgery.

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    At the start of 2005, Jackson hosted the media-criticism program Media Watch, before stepping down in December 2005 and returning to Four Corners; journalist Monica Attard was announced as her replacement.

    Personal life

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    Her daughter, Rose Jackson, is a student politician aligned with the National Labor Students faction and sits on the executive of the New South Wales Labor Party.

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    In November 2016, Jackson revealed she had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2014, with the release of a documentary called "A Sense of Self" broadcast as an episode of Four Corners.

    References

    Liz Jackson Wikipedia


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