Christopher "Chris" Wayne Masters PSM (born 4 December 1948 in Grafton, New South Wales[1]) is a multiple Walkley Award–winning and Logie Award–winning Australian journalist and author.
His first program was the landmark "Big League", a 1983 investigation of judicial corruption, which helped bring about the Street Royal Commission.
[8] Flawed Hero: Truth, Lies and War Crimes was shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year Award.
This was widely believed to be a veiled reference to the fact that Jones's lawyers had threatened an expensive defamation lawsuit if the book reached publication.
Many ABC personalities have criticised the Board's decision, and indeed wrote a petition against it, with signatories including Richard Glover and Phillip Adams.
[12] Indeed, in Jonestown, Masters advances the theory that Jones's attempt to deny his sexuality is a defining feature of his personality, and that it provides an explanation for many aspects of his behaviour, including, for example, his interest in mentoring young male athletes.
Roberts-Smith filed defamation suits against The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times after they reported he had murdered Afghans during multiple deployments to the country from 2006 to 2012.