Gerard McManus (born 28 June 1960) is an Australian journalist, magazine columnist, and media consultant.
McManus was educated at the University of New England and his newspaper cadetship was with the Centralian Advocate in Alice Springs.
The ensuing controversy resulted in pressure on both Federal and state governments to introduce "shield laws" to protect journalists.
In 2007 Brisbane’s Jschool awarded Michael Harvey and McManus honorary doctorates in honour of the courage shown in their upholding of the journalist code of ethics .
Senator Brown made an official complaint to the Australian Press Council[5] (Adjudication 1270), which handed down a highly critical finding against the Herald Sun, describing McManus’ article as "irresponsible journalism".