Paul James Lockyer was an Australian television journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Nine Network who was known for his reporting on rural and regional Australia.
19 Facts About Paul Lockyer
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Paul Lockyer was the younger of two sons of Nona and Norman Paul Lockyer.
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Paul Lockyer was born and grew up on a farm near Corrigin, about 250 kilometres east of Perth.
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Paul Lockyer later boarded at Aquinas College in Perth where he played hockey.
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In 1969 at age 19, Paul Lockyer became a cadet journalist with the Perth office of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, before moving to Sydney and then Canberra in the mid-1970s.
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In 1979 Paul Lockyer became an ABC correspondent in Port Moresby and then Jakarta before a three-year posting in Bangkok.
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Paul Lockyer was posted to Washington, DC, where as ABC correspondent during the Reagan administration he covered Central and North America.
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Paul Lockyer later returned to Asia, taking up a posting in ABC's Singapore office and reporting on the trial and subsequent execution of Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers on drug trafficking charges.
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Paul Lockyer was nominated for a Gold Walkley award for his coverage of the trial and execution.
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Paul Lockyer's reporting on a drought in eastern Australia in 1994 for A Current Affair was credited for inspiring the Farmhand Appeal.
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Paul Lockyer worked across a range of programs for the network including Sunday, Midday, and the Wide World of Sports.
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Paul Lockyer later led ABC TV News coverage of the 2004 Athens Olympics and reported on the 2008 Beijing Olympics for the 7.30 Report.
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In 2005, Paul Lockyer was the presenter for the ABC television news in Western Australia.
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Paul Lockyer provided in depth coverage of the impact of Cyclone Yasi.
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Paul Lockyer was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2003 for his coverage of rural issues, particularly the extensive drought and he was twice awarded the NSW Farmers' Association Mackellar Media prize for coverage of rural issues.
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Paul Lockyer reported the 2006 rescue of two miners from Tasmania's Beaconsfield gold mine.
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Paul Lockyer's final story was an interview with Bob Lasseter, who is searching for Lasseter's Reef.
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Paul Lockyer later offered a painting and a poem in memory of those killed.
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One of Paul Lockyer's two sons, Nick, is a sports journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.