HISTORY

The South Australian Press Club is Adelaides premier lunch forum.

The club was formed in 1995 by Robert Mayne. The then Adelaide correspondent of "The Bulletin" and former executive on both "The Australian" and the "Sydney Morning Herald" believed there was a need in Adelaide for a media forum similar to the National Press Club in Canberra. Major media executives agreed and Don Riddell, former Editor-in-Chief of "The Advertiser" was approached to be President of the SA Press Club.

Fifteen years later and the club is still going strong, attracting some of the biggest names in the business. Records of our past luncheons are contained on this website.

OUR ROLE

The club holds regular luncheons, usually each month, with newsworthy guest speakers. These functions are open to the public and offer a quality meal, a stimulating speaker and the opportunity to observe the media at work asking pertinent questions to extract further information from the speaker.

Speakers at our luncheons are drawn from a wide range of fields including politics, law, the arts, business, unions, entertainment, sport, science and the environment.

The media organisations support the lunch, taking up to 30 to 40 places. Lunches attract between 100 and 450 people. The price is very reasonable at about $55 a head for the media and $66 a head for non-media.

Most media organisations support the Press Club, generously donating $850 each.

The SAPC also appreciates the on-going sponsorship of several valued organisations. Telstra, SA Brewing Company, Pernod Ricard Australia (suppliers of Jacobs Creek wines) and Malaysia Airlines.

In turn, the Press Club supports the local media industry by offering a $5,000 scholarship for a journalist to undertake study or work placement in Europe or Asia. Malaysia Airlines makes available a return airfare.