The committee was established to safeguard the interests of the Press Gallery at Parliament House.
The current executive is:
President – Jane Norman (ABC)
Vice President – Katina Curtis (West Australian)
Secretary – Tom McIlroy (Guardian Australia)
Treasurer – Guy ‘Sunny’ Southwell (Nine)
Past Presidents
Distinguished political journalists led the Press Gallery since its earliest year.
Although not an exhaustive list, past presidents have included:
Victorian Parliament House, Melbourne
H.W. Peters
W.A. Brennan
Old Parliament House, Canberra
Toney Innes
William Farmer Whyte
Otto Olsen
R.B. Leonard
Allan Fraser
Ray Maley
L.F. McDonnell
Norman Kearsley
S.W. Stephens
K. Schapel
John Bennetts
Jonathan Gaul
Stan Hutchinson
Gay Davidson – first female president
David Solomon
Barrie Cassidy
Ken Randall
Ken Begg
Peter Costigan
Anne Summers
David Barnett
Gary O’Neal
Parliament House, Canberra
Tom Burton
Paul Kelly
Michelle Grattan
Don Woolford
Graham World
Julie Flynn
Paul Bongiorno
Malcolm Farr
Karen Middleton
Phillip Hudson
David Speers
Andrew Meares – first photographer to serve as president
David Crowe
Jane Norman