
Sue Spencer has more than 30 years’ experience as a researcher, producer/director and executive producer at ABC TV. She is best known for her leadership and work on high profile, award-winning programs such as Four Corners, Labor In Power, The Howard Years, The Killing Season and 100 Years-The Australian Story. She has also worked on Lateline, Foreign Correspondent and Australian Story. During a break from the ABC between 2002 and 2007, Sue worked for United Nations agencies UNDP and UNICEF, spending time in Cambodia and Vietnam, as well as for the PNG/East Timor/Pacific office of the World Bank. On her return to the ABC in October 2007, Sue was appointed EP of Four Corners and during her stewardship the program won four Loge and three Gold Walkley awards. After resigning from the ABC in 2015, she has continued to be in demand as contract EP for several major ABC TV productions. In 2019 Sue received the prestigious Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism.