Ian McPhedran

Ian McPhedran is a Sydney-based national defence writer for News Limited. He has been a journalist all his working life and has covered conflicts in Burma' Somalia' Cambodia' Papua New Guinea' Indonesia' East Timor' Afghanistan and Iraq. In 1993 he won a United Nations Association peace media award and in 1999 the Walkley award for best news report for his exposé of the navy's Collins class submarine fiasco. Ian lives in Balmain with his wife Verona and daughter Lucy.

Ian McPhedran is a Sydney-based national defence writer for News Limited. He has been a journalist all his working life and has covered conflicts in Burma' Somalia' Cambodia' Papua New Guinea' Indonesia' East Timor' Afghanistan and Iraq. In 1993 he won a United Nations Association peace media award and in 1999 the Walkley award for best news report for his exposé of the navy's Collins class submarine fiasco. Ian lives in Balmain with his wife Verona and daughter Lucy. See less