Jemima Garret

Jemima Garrett, Freelance Journalist Journalist, Jemima Garrett, has spent more than 30 years reporting on the Pacific, covering the antics of Australian Prime Ministers from Bob Hawke to Malcolm Turnbull and Pacific leaders going back to greats such as Fiji's Ratu Mara, Vanuatu's Walter Lini and New Caledonia's Jean-Marie Tjibaou. She and ABC colleague Jill Emberson produced the first Australian radio series to put the voices of Pacific women talking about issues of concern to them to air. She is author of the book 'Island Exiles' the story of the Nauruans during WWII. In 2013 she won Citibank's Business Journalism award for broadcast in Australia and New Zealand and the UNAA Radio Documentary award for he story on a PNG land scandal. After 7 years as South Pacific Correspondent and more than twenty as Pacific Economic and Business reporter Jemima has left the ABC for new adventures and more time in the region.