In Brisbane, he won four Walkley Awards for investigative journalism as well as reporting state politics and writing for The Bulletin magazine.
[8] He describes Sir John Kerr (the Governor-General who sacked Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam) as a "venal deceptive man", and the senior judges who advised him as "lacking moral compass".
[12] In a 2018 tweet, Bongiorno, then an ABC radio political correspondent, defended the number of left commentators on the ABC and criticised Sky News for having too many conservatives by tweeting that the national broadcaster had as many "lefties" as there are "righties" on Sky "after dark panels and that includes 'Uncle Tom' lefties craving relevance".
Bongiorno did not acknowledge the taxpayer funding and requirement for the ABC to be impartial, which was criticised by several Sky News hosts and panellists.
Aboriginal Sky News commentator and former Labor Party president Warren Mundine objected to the use of the racist epithet "Uncle Tom", and called the ABC "hypocritical and disgraceful" for not criticising the remark.