Ben Schneiders

Ben Schneiders is an investigative journalist who has reported extensively on wage theft, corruption, cults, business, politics and the labour movement.

Ben worked for nearly 20 years at The Age as an investigative reporter and editor winning multiple Walkley awards and was also a four-time winner of the Industrial Relations reporting award. 

He is also a winner of Australian journalism's highest honour the Gold Walkley. He has also won the Gold Quill and twice been a Graham Perkin finalist as the Australian journalist of the year.

His first book 'Hard Labour: wage theft in the age of inequality' was published in 2022.

Recent Articles

The Age •

Building bad: How bikies, underworld have become a construction industry ‘cancer’

Underworld figures and bikies have infiltrated major Victorian and NSW construction projects, with some securing jobs as CFMEU delegates and secret surveillance exposing the involvement of notorious gangsters in the industry.

A months-long investigation by The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, AFR and 60 Minutes has uncovered unprecedented details of senior bikie figures and criminals being parachuted into lucrative union roles, with the problems extending to the Indigenous employment sector.
The Age •

Mormons Inc: Church accused of multinational tax rort

The Mormon Church has been accused of engaging in significant tax evasion in Australia, allowing its adherents to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in tax exemptions that are not lawfully available to followers of other religions.

Some of its tax activities are run through a shell company, with no paid employees, that could be in breach of Australian tax laws, an investigation by The Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald has found.
The Age •

A city divided: COVID-19 finds a weakness in Melbourne's social fault lines

Political leaders including Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Premier Daniel Andrews insist we’re “all in this together”. But the responsibility to follow the rules – to stay at home, to avoid work – falls heavily on individuals.

Now, new analysis by The Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald that matches geography with demography and the disease burden shows clearly that COVID-19 is not affecting us all the same.

About Ben Schneiders.

Since late 2024 Ben has worked at ABC Four Corners. He previously worked at The Age and Sydney Morning Herald for nearly 20 years including as an investigative reporter and investigations editor

Ben can be contacted via email, Signal, WhatsApp. You can email me at benschneiders@protonmail.com or at Signal +61 421 850 931