Pamela Williams (born 1954) is an Australian investigative journalist and author.
[2] After working in various positions at the newspaper including being the news editor and editor-at-large, Williams left The Australian Financial Review in 2014 to pursue a career in writing novels.
In 1997, Williams authored The Victory detailing the Coalition's victory at the 1996 Australian federal election[4] and in 2013, Williams wrote Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch and the Ultimate Revenge, which looked at the decline of Australian media company Fairfax[5] and won the 2013 Walkley Book Award.
[7] In 2019, Williams wrote an essay for The Monthly, focusing on the 2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills.
[8][9] During her career, Williams has been awarded six Walkley Awards, including the Gold Walkley in 1998 for her story A Plan To Smash A Union, investigating the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute.