Kathryn Anne McClymont AM is a journalist who works for The Sydney Morning Herald. Because of her exposes, she has received death threats because of her investigations into politics, trade unions, sports and horse racing corruption. She has earned several accolades for her reporting, including the Gold Walkley Award in 2002 for her investigation into Canterbury Bulldogs salary cap breaches. She is best remembered for her book and series of articles about New South Wales Labor Party politician Eddie Obeid.
Marjorie McKlymont grew up on a farm in Orange, New South Wales, and went to school there. She boarded at Frensham School in Mittagong for her high school studies and matriculated in the top 2 percent of the state’s HSC students. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Sydney in English literature in 1981.
At university, McClymont built a busking stand in Kings Cross to supplement her income. She offered 40 cents for answers, 50 cents for debates, and $1 for verbal abuse; people also requested racing advice and young men inquired if she would abuse their girlfriends. She claims that on Saturdays, she made approximately $17 per hour as a street performer.
Kate McClymont Height & Weight
How tall is Kate McClymont? She is a beautiful woman with a slim body type. She stands at the height of 5 ft 5 in and her body weight consists of 52 Kg or 115 lbs. Her eye color is blonde and her eye color is green. Overall, she has got a healthy body with a charming personality. In 1988, she was involved in a helicopter crash alongside her soon-to-be husband Mike Smith, but luckily they both survived despite serious injury.
Kate McClymont Husband
Kate McClymont is a married lady. Moreover, couple is also blessed with children. Moreover, her previous dating history is not known in public domain.
Kate McClymont Net Worth
After completing university, McClymont worked for a book publisher and the Australian Caption Centre before moving to The Sydney Morning Herald in 1985.
Her performance in the Kings Cross busking booth impressed the Fairfax Media editors, who hired her as one of 30 out of 1,200 applicants. Her net worth is estimated to be $1 million – $4 million, as of 2022.
Kate McClymon Awards
- 2020 Danger Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2018 Walkley Award in the Print/Text journalism
- 2017 Australian Media Hall of Fame inductee
- 2016 Australian Press Council Press Freedom Medal
- 2012 Walkley Award for investigative journalism with Linton Besser for their story: “Exposed: Obeid’s secret harbour deal”
- 2012 Walkley Award for print news reporting for her story
- 1990 The NSW Law Society’s Golden Quill award for excellence in legal reporting
Kate McClymont Facts
McClymont continued to write about Obeid and her stories started a series of ICAC investigations into his activities.
In their July 2013 report, ICAC recommended charges be laid against Obeid. In 2016 Obeid was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in relation to those charges.
McClymont first wrote about Eddie Obeid in 1999, and since that time she has received information, from a variety of sources, about his corrupt activities which has enabled her to write a series of articles and a book about him.
