Geoff Wilkinson is a former journalist (he retired in 2012 after 43 years), founding Media Director of Victoria Police and in 1987 established Australia’s first Crime Stoppers program. In 2008, he was awarded an Order Of Australia medal for community service and in 2010, he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Melbourne Press Club. Since his retirement from full-time journalism, Geoff has served on the board of Victoria’s Sentencing Advisory Council and Adult Parole Board. He is the co-author of Mugshots 1 (2019).
A journalist of more than 40 years standing, Ross Brundrett honed his craft in the western suburbs of Melbourne at The Footscray Mail and Western Times before going on to work as a sub-editor at The Herald, then as a senior reporter, feature writer and columnist for newspapers such as the Sunday Press, The Sun and, for almost 25 years. He went on to write a regular column in the Weekend section of the Saturday Herald Sun and has also written a year book for his beloved Western Bulldogs and contributed a chapter to the coffee table book, The Story Of The Melbourne Cup.