List of people in communications and media in Australia

This list records notable individuals who have participated in the industry.

Wireless experimenters

 * Edward Gustavus Campbell Barton
 * Frank Prosser Bowden
 * William Henry Bragg
 * William Rooke Creswell
 * Henry Walter Jenvey
 * John P. King
 * Edward Hope Kirkby
 * Oswald Francis (Os) Mingay
 * John Yeates Nelson
 * Joseph Patrick Slattery
 * Frederick Soddy
 * George Phillip Stevens
 * Henry Sutton
 * George Augustine Taylor
 * Richard Threlfall
 * Charles Todd
 * Philip Billingsley Walker

Broadcasting pioneers

 * A. E. Bennett, pioneer commercial radio manager
 * Sir Hugh Denison, radio pioneer and manager
 * Sir Ernest Fisk, radio pioneer and founder of Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia)
 * Sir Bernard Heinze, musician and pioneer advisor to the ABC
 * William G. James, musician and pioneer ABC broadcaster and manager
 * Oliver J. Nilsen, radio pioneer
 * Mel Morris, pioneer football commentator
 * Sir Charles Moses, pioneer sports broadcaster, and later ABC Manager
 * Jack O'Hagan, composer and pioneer ABC and commercial broadcaster
 * Frank Thring Sr, pioneer film director and radio manager
 * Emil Voigt, pioneer of commercial radio

Management

 * Alan Bond, proprietor of television and radio interests
 * Sir Richard Boyer, administrator of ABC
 * Sir Talbot Duckmanton, ABC manager
 * Ted Harris, director and manager
 * David Hill, ABC Chair
 * Donald McDonald, ABC manager
 * Sir Frank Packer, proprietor of television and radio interests
 * Kerry Packer, proprietor of television and radio interests
 * Sir Eric Pearce, commercial broadcaster and station manager
 * Mark Scott, ABC manager
 * John Singleton, proprietor of radio interests
 * Ron Sparks, commercial radio manager
 * James Spigelman, ABC Chair

Producers, back-room personnel, etc.

 * Dorothy Crawford, drama producer
 * Hector Crawford, drama producer
 * George Edwards, radio actor and producer
 * Grace Gibson, drama producer
 * Gwen Meredith, writer of radio plays
 * Rex Rienits. writer of radio plays
 * John Saul, radio actor and director
 * Edward (E. V.) Timms, writer of radio plays

Announcers, DJs, etc.

 * Phillip Adams, ABC and commercial broadcaster
 * Waleed Aly, ABC broadcaster
 * Ward "Pally" Austin, commercial broadcaster
 * Jim Ball, commercial broadcaster
 * Norman Banks, commercial broadcaster
 * Ray Barrett, commercial radio broadcaster, and later television and stage actor
 * John Blackman, commercial broadcaster
 * Stuart Bocking, commercial broadcaster
 * Bruno Bouchet, commercial broadcaster
 * Philip Brady, commercial broadcaster
 * John Burns, commercial broadcaster
 * Leon Byner, commercial broadcaster
 * Brian Carlton, commercial broadcaster
 * Mike Carlton, ABC & commercial broadcaster
 * Ron Casey, commercial broadcaster
 * Gordon Chater, commercial broadcaster and radio actor
 * Don Chipp, politician and commercial broadcaster
 * Jack Davey, commercial broadcaster
 * Vic Davies, commercial broadcaster
 * Smoky Dawson, singer and commercial radio presenter
 * John Dease, commercial broadcaster
 * James Dibble, ABC broadcaster
 * George Donikian, commercial broadcaster
 * Geraldine Doogue, ABC broadcaster
 * Bob Dyer, commercial broadscaster
 * Dolly Dyer, commercial broadcaster
 * Gregg Easton, commercial broadcaster
 * Malcolm T. Elliott, commercial broadcaster
 * Dick Fair, commercial broadcaster
 * Noel Ferrier, comedian and commercial broadcaster
 * Greg Fleet, commercial broadcaster
 * Graeme Gilbert, commercial broadcaster
 * Grant Goldman, commercial broadcaster
 * Andy Grace, commercial broadcaster
 * Ugly Dave Gray, comedian and commercial broadcaster
 * Ray Hadley, commercial broadcaster
 * Happy Hammond, commercial broadcaster
 * Peter Hand, commercial broadcaster
 * Tommy Hanlon Jr., commercial broadcaster
 * Mary Hardy, comedian and commercial broadcaster
 * Wendy Harmer, ABC & commercial broadcaster
 * Derryn Hinch, commercial broadcaster
 * Peter Hitchener, commercial broadcaster
 * Dave Hughes, commercial broadcaster
 * Darren James, commercial broadcaster
 * Alan Jones, commercial broadcaster
 * Barry Jones, commercial broadcaster
 * Brendan Jones, commercial broadcaster
 * Amanda Keller, commercial broadcaster
 * Fran Kelly, ABC broadcaster
 * Graham Kennedy, ABC and commercial broadcaster
 * Jeff Kennett, politician and commercial broadcaster
 * Sonia Kruger, commercial broadcaster
 * Alwyn Kurts, commercial broadcaster
 * Don Lane, television compere and commercial broadcaster
 * Kate Langbroek, commercial broadscaster
 * John Laws, commercial broadcaster
 * Tony Leonard, commercial broadcaster
 * Jack Lumsdaine, singer, songwriter and commercial broadcaster
 * Keith McGowan, commercial broadcaster
 * Todd McKenney, commercial broadcaster
 * Bruce Mansfield, commercial broadcaster
 * Richard Mercer, commercial broadcaster
 * Neil Mitchell, commercial broadcaster
 * Tony Moclair, commercial broadcaster
 * Jason Morrison, commercial broadcaster
 * Doug Mulray, commercial broadcaster
 * Jackie O (Jackie Henderson), commercial broadcaster
 * Gwen Plumb, commercial broadcaster and radio actor
 * Steve Price, commercial broadcaster
 * Roy Rene "Mo", comedian and commercial broadcaster
 * Kel Richards, commercial broadcaster
 * Glenn Ridge, commercial broadcaster
 * Andrew Rochford, commercial broadcaster
 * Stan Rofe, commercial broadcaster
 * Bob Rogers, commercial broadcaster
 * Kyle Sandilands, commercial broadcaster
 * Ernie Sigley, commercial broadcaster
 * Trevor Sinclair, commercial broadcaster
 * Justin Smith, commercial broadcaster
 * Keith Smith, ABC and commercial broadcaster
 * Peter Smith, ABC and commercial broadcaster
 * Ron E Sparks, commercial broadcaster
 * John Stanley, commercial broadcaster
 * Ross Stevenson, commercial broadcaster
 * Chrissie Swan, commercial broadcaster
 * Wilfrid Thomas, ABC broadcaster
 * Ian Turpie commercial broadcaster, but mainly known for his TV work
 * Denis Walter, commercial broadcaster
 * Tim Webster, commercial broadcaster
 * Stan Zemanek, commercial broadcaster

Specialist broadcasters

 * Eric Baume, journalist, commentator and commercial broadcaster
 * Dick Bentley, ABC comedian
 * John Bluthal, radio actor
 * John Cargher, ABC and commercial presenter of classical music programs
 * John Cazabon, radio actor
 * Guy Doleman, radio actor
 * John Ewart, radio actor and "Jimmy" of ABC Children's Session
 * Jane Fennell, ABC children's presenter
 * Willie Fennell, commercial radio comedian and actor
 * Peter Finch, radio actor who later became a prominent Hollywood star
 * Atholl Fleming, "Mac" of ABC Children's Session
 * Andrew Ford, music journalist and presenter
 * Stewart Ginn, radio actor
 * Neva Carr Glyn, radio actor
 * Reg Goldsworthy, radio actor
 * Reg Grundy, radio actor and sportcaster who later became a television mogul
 * Earle Hackett, ABC medical presenter
 * Ron Haddrick, radio actor
 * Patricia Kennedy, radio actor
 * Bill Kerr, radio actor
 * Dawn Lake, radio variety artist
 * Bobby Limb, radio variety artist
 * Doug McKenzie, commercial radio comedian
 * Fr Bob Maguire, commercial religious broadcaster
 * John Meillon, radio actor
 * Crosbie Morrison, naturalist and broadcaster
 * Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, ABC children's Session, later women's programs
 * Jack Perry, commercial radio comedian
 * Redmond Phillips, radio actor and writer
 * Walter Pym, radio actor
 * James Raglan, radio actor
 * Ron Randell, radio actor who later became a prominent Hollywood star
 * Deaconess Margaret Rodgers, religious broadcaster
 * June Salter, radio actor
 * Dinah Shearing, radio actor
 * Muriel Steinbeck, radio actor
 * Dr Norman Swan, ABC broadcaster
 * Charles (Bud) Tingwell, radio actor
 * Lou Vernon, radio actor
 * George Wallace, commercial comedian
 * Myf Warhurst, ABC popular music journalist and presenter
 * John West, "The Showman", ABC theatre reviewer
 * Robyn Williams, ABC science presenter

Sportscasters

 * Mickey Arthur, cricket commentator
 * Luke Ball, football commentator
 * Harry Beitzel, football commentator
 * Andrew Bews, football commentator
 * Greg Blewett, cricket commentator
 * Henry Blofeld, cricket commentator
 * Graeme Bond, football commentator
 * Allan Border, cricket commentator
 * Dermott Brereton, footballer and commercial broadcaster
 * Jonathan Brown, football commentator
 * Nathan Brown, football commentator
 * Bert Bryant, racecaller
 * Wayne Carey, football commentator
 * Ron Casey, commercial broadcaster and football commentator
 * Ian Chappell, football commentator
 * Tony Charlton, football commentator and commercial broadcaster
 * Stuart Clark, cricket commentator
 * Michael Christian, sportscaster
 * Bill Collins racecaller and commercial broadcaster
 * Dennis Cometti, football commentator
 * Rohan Connolly, football commentator
 * Scott Cummings, football commentator
 * Jack Dyer, football commentator
 * John Emburey, cricket commentator
 * Denis Fitzgerald, football commentator
 * Damien Fleming, cricket commentator
 * John (Gibbsy) Gibbs, commercial broadcaster
 * Gerard Healy, commercial sportscaster
 * Des Hoysted, racecaller
 * Rex Hunt, football commentator and commercial broadcaster, especially fishing programs
 * Craig Hutchison, football commentator
 * Chris Johnson, football commentator
 * Dean Jones, cricket commentator
 * David King, football commentator
 * Tim Lane, football commentator
 * Dr Peter Larkins, football commentator
 * Darren Lehmann, cricket commentator
 * Cameron Ling, football commentator
 * Matthew Lloyd, football commentator
 * Garry Lyon, football commentator
 * Glenn McGrath, cricket commentator
 * Ian Major, commercial broadcaster and football commentator
 * Mick Malthouse, football commentator
 * Greg Matthews, cricket commentator
 * Leigh Matthews, football commentator
 * Jack Mueller, football commentator
 * Sam Newman, football commentator
 * Angela Pippos, sportscaster
 * Stephen Quartermain, football commentator
 * Lou Richards, football commentator and commercial broadcaster
 * Matthew Richardson, football commentator
 * Dwayne Russell, commercial sportscaster
 * Robert Shaw, footballer and broadcaster
 * Tony Shaw, football commentator
 * Mike Sheahan, football commentator
 * Peter Sterling, football commentator
 * John Tapp, racecaller
 * Brian Taylor, football commentator and commercial broadcaster
 * Mark Thompson, football commentator
 * Michael Vaughan, cricket commentator
 * Robert Walls, football commentator
 * Tim Webster, commercial sportscaster
 * Eric Welch, ABC and commercial broadcaster and sportscaster
 * Mike Williamson, commercial broadcaster and sportscaster
 * Caroline Wilson, football commentator

Newspaper owners / managers

 * John Fairfax, purchased the Sydney Herald in 1841, which became The Sydney Morning Herald
 * Greg Hywood, current (2018) CEO of Fairfax Media
 * William McGarvie, one of the three founders of The Sydney Morning Herald

Journalists

 * Waleed Aly
 * Julia Baird
 * Lucian Boz
 * Mike Carlton
 * Anne Davies
 * Elizabeth Farrelly
 * Peter FitzSimons
 * Ross Gittins
 * Richard Glover
 * Peter Hartcher
 * Amanda Hooton
 * Adele Horin
 * H. G. Kippax
 * Roy Masters
 * Anne Summers
 * Kate McClymont