Debi Marshall

My Career

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I have covered major breaking news events for TV, radio and print, including Port Arthur massacre and the Snowtown trials and broken many exclusive stories.  I have also done a great deal of public speaking and press interviews for my books.

In 1992, my then-partner, Ron Jarvis was murdered. In 2014, his killer, Stephen Standage was sentenced to 48 years in prison for Ron’s murder and the murder of another man, John Thorne. I was a chief prosecution witness at Ron’s trial. This story formed the basis of a Sunday Night, 7 story on me – Murder She Wrote.

The prime suspect in the Family Court Murders, Leonard Warwick was arrested 33 years after a series of bombings and shootings in Sydney in the early 1980’s. During my research for the Sunday Night program, I found new evidence and witnesses and subsequently wrote a book on the cases, The Family Court Murders. My Walkley Award was largely based on this work. Warwick was arrested months after the publication of my book, now a major ABC 4-part television series which I investigate and present, available now on Iview.
I am the investigative producer and presenter of a 5×1 hour Foxtel television documentary, Debi Marshall Investigates, Frozen Lies, based largely on my work on the Family Murders and the presenter of a five-part podcast of the same name.

Education

1980
Bachelor of Arts, University of Tasmania
1985
Diploma of Education, La Trobe University, Vic

Career prior to Journalism​

1986
Teacher English/Drama Darwin
1986
Northern Territory News, Darwin
1987 - 1993
ABC/3AW/2UE Hard news/live-to-air reports, newsreader
1987 - 1993
All Australian Magazines inc the Bulletin, Woman’s Weekly, Madison, Marie Claire, WHO
1993 - 1996
Senior feature writer/reporter New Idea
2011 – 2014
Sunday Night 7, Associate Producer, specialising in crime stories
1996 - Present
Author true crime and biographies.
Present
Working on exciting new television projects. Speakers circuit, Australia.

Long-listed Walkley Award 2006

Ned Kelly Award Best True-Crime 2007

The critically-acclaimed Australian movie, Snowtown inspired by book. I was a consultant on the film.

Sunday Night broadcast a program based on this book, 2015 

Television miniseries, Anyone’s Daughter, based on this book.

Long-listed Walkey Award 2011

Sunday Night broadcast a program based on this book.

Shortlisted for NSW Ashurst Business Literature Prize, 2012

Short-listed Walkley Book Award, 2015

Subject of Walkley Leadership award, 2015

4 x 1 hour ABC television series, The Family Court Murders broadcast May 2022.

 

 Winner of Ned Kelly Award for Best True Crime, 2022


-Short-listed for Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards, 2022

Debi-Marshall---Profile-Image-standing

I have covered major breaking news events for TV, radio and print, including Port Arthur massacre and the Snowtown trials and broken many exclusive stories.  I have also done a great deal of public speaking and press interviews for my books.

In 1992, my then-partner, Ron Jarvis was murdered. In 2014, his killer, Stephen Standage was sentenced to 48 years in prison for Ron’s murder and the murder of another man, John Thorne. I was a chief prosecution witness at Ron’s trial. This story formed the basis of a Sunday Night, 7 story on me – Murder She Wrote.

The prime suspect in the Family Court Murders, Leonard Warwick was arrested 33 years after a series of bombings and shootings in Sydney in the early 1980’s. During my research for the Sunday Night program, I found new evidence and witnesses and subsequently wrote a book on the cases, The Family Court Murders. My Walkley Award was largely based on this work. Warwick was arrested months after the publication of my book, now a major ABC 4-part television series which I investigate and present, available now on Iview.
I am the investigative producer and presenter of a 5×1 hour Foxtel television documentary, Debi Marshall Investigates, Frozen Lies, based largely on my work on the Family Murders and the presenter of a five-part podcast of the same name.

Education

1980
Bachelor of Arts, University of Tasmania
1985
Diploma of Education, La Trobe University, Vic

Career prior to Journalism​

1986
Teacher English/Drama Darwin
1986
Northern Territory News, Darwin
1987 - 1993
ABC/3AW/2UE Hard news/live-to-air reports, newsreader
1987 - 1993
All Australian Magazines inc the Bulletin, Woman’s Weekly, Madison, Marie Claire, WHO
1993 - 1996
Senior feature writer/reporter New Idea
2011 – 2014
Sunday Night 7, Associate Producer, specialising in crime stories
1996 - Present
Author true crime and biographies.
Present
Working on exciting new television projects. Speakers circuit, Australia.

Long-listed Walkley Award 2006

Ned Kelly Award Best True-Crime 2007

The critically-acclaimed Australian movie, Snowtown inspired by book. I was a consultant on the film.

Sunday Night broadcast a program based on this book, 2015 

Television miniseries, Anyone’s Daughter, based on this book.

Long-listed Walkey Award 2011

Sunday Night broadcast a program based on this book.

Shortlisted for NSW Ashurst Business Literature Prize, 2012

Short-listed Walkley Book Award, 2015

Subject of Walkley Leadership award, 2015

4 x 1 hour ABC television series, The Family Court Murders broadcast May 2022.

 

 Winner of Ned Kelly Award for Best True Crime, 2022


-Short-listed for Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards, 2022