Michael Bachelard (born 1968) is an Australian journalist and author. In 1997, Bachelard wrote ''The Great Land Grab: What every Australian should know about Wik, Mabo and the Ten Point Plan''. Bachelard's '' Behind the Exclusive Brethren'' was published in 2008, which explored the Australian sect of the

Exclusive Brethren The Exclusive Brethren are a subset of the Christian evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. They are distinguished from the Open Brethren from whom they separated in 1848. The Exclusive Brethren are now spread int ...

. For his work as the foreign editor at

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, Bachelard was the co-recipient of the 2017 Gold Walkley. Shared with photographer

Kate Geraghty Kate Geraghty (born 1972) is an Australian war photographer, and photojournalist for ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', and ''The Age'' and five time Walkley winner. Career Geraghty started photographing professionally at Albury-Wodonga's '' The Bo ...

, the award was in recognition for their work ''Surviving IS: Stories from

Mosul Mosul ( ; , , ; ; ; ) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad. Situated on the banks of Tigris, the city encloses the ruins of the ...

''. In October 2024, he was elected as the new president of the

Melbourne Press Club The Melbourne Press Club (MPC), is a not-for-profit association of journalists in the city of Melbourne, Australia. It runs the annual Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism. Governance MPC is a not-for-profit association of journal ...

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