Lisa Millar

Who is Lisa Millar?

Lisa Millar is an Australian Walkley Award winning journalist, primarily employed as a reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, who is currently its North American correspondent.

Millar grew up in the small country town of Kilkivan, before beginning her journalism career in newspapers, wit ha cadet-ship for the The Gympie Times and then Brisbane's afternoon tabloid newspaper, The Sun, until it closed down. She next moved north to Townsville, where she worked for the regional television broadcaster, WIN TV, for a year, after which she crossed to the ABC as its North Queensland correspondent, covering a large area stretching from Torres Strait to the outback mining community of Mount Isa, and down to the Whitsunday island chain. She then worked in the Federal Press Gallery in Canberra for the ABC, including during the 1996 federal election campaign, which saw John Howard become Prime Minister.

Millar moved back to Queensland where she became ABC's State Political Reporter, covering the rise and fall of the right wing politician Pauline Hanson and her party, One Nation.