Corporate Social Responsibility

Australian Paralympic Committee

Australian Paralympic Committee

The Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) is the peak national body for Australia’s elite athletes with a disability. The APC was formed in 1990, as the Australian Paralympic Federation, by national sporting organisations for the disabled.

The primary goals were to create a unified body to coordinate sport for elite athletes with a disability; to provide corporate representation, domestically and internationally; to promote both summer and winter Paralympic Games participation; and to coordinate marketing and public awareness. The APC also assists in developing disability sport in Australia.

The APC is internationally respected as a leading Paralympic sporting organisation. Australia plays a lead role in steering and also acting as the secretariat for the Oceania Paralympic Committee. The region includes Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia.

Australia has participated in Summer Paralympic Games since 1960 and the Winter Paralympic Games since its inception in 1976.

Media Monitors CEO John Croll was elected to the APC Board in 2008.

Walkley Foundation for Journalism

Walkley Foundation for Journalism

The annual Walkley Awards recognise excellence in Australian journalism in print, television, radio, photography and online media. The Gold Walkley is considered the pinnacle of journalistic achievement in Australia.

The Walkleys were established in 1956 by Ampol founder Sir William Gaston Walkley. Walkley appreciated the media's support for his oil exploration efforts and envisaged awards recognising emerging journalistic talent. On his death, the awards were bequeathed to the then Australian Journalists' Association (now the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance). The journalists’ union remained custodian of the awards for until 2000, when the Walkley Foundation for Journalism was established.

The Walkley Foundation's objectives are to organise, administer and promote the Walkley Awards and to advance the interests of professional and ethical journalism in Australia.

Today, there are more than 30 award categories, with an estimated 1000 entries each year.

Over the past 46 years some of the top names in Australian journalism have been honoured by the awards, including: Kerry O'Brien, Mark Davis, Mike Steketee, Tony Koch, Marian Wilkinson, Helen Dalley, Liz Jackson, Chris Masters, Bill Leak, Ron Tandberg, Evan Whitton, Alan Hall, Adele Horin, Paul Bongiorno, Peter Nicholson, Jenny Coopes, Monica Attard, David Dare Parker and many more.