Ellen Whinnett (born 2 July 1971) is an Australian journalist. She has been the European correspondent for

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, based in London, since 2016. Whinnett was born in

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and worked for Tasmanian newspapers '' The Examiner'', ''

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'' and the ''Sunday Tasmanian'', where she was chief reporter, for nine years before joining the Melbourne ''

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'' in 2005. She then worked as the news editor for the ''Saturday Herald Sun'' and chief reporter for the ''Sunday Herald Sun''. In May 2011, she was promoted to deputy editor of the ''Sunday Herald Sun''. She later became the national political editor of the ''

''. She won the 2004

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for print news reporting for her coverage of Richard Butler's controversial tenure as

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, which eventually led to his resignation. She was the lead journalist on the Herald Sun's ''Take A Stand'' campaign against domestic violence, which was shortlisted for a Melbourne Press Club award and a finalist for a Walkley Foundation

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award. In 2016, she broke the story of federal minister

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's trip to China for a deal signing for a company that he held shares in, which subsequently forced his resignation. In 2012, she was credited as a co-author of former Premier

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' autobiography ''A Premier's State''. She was formerly in a relationship with former Victorian state minister Tim Holding.

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