Paddy Manning is one of Australia's most respected journalists, with fifteen years' experience including a decade on the business desks of the "Sydney Morning Herald", the "Australian Financial Review" and the "Australian" - a period in which he was highly commended in the business category of the Walkley Awards and was a three-time category winner in the prestigious Citigroup Journalism Awards for Excellence. His first book, "What the Frack: everything you need to know about coal seam gas", was published in 2012.