2004, a painting of Wendt by artist Evert Ploeg won the Packing Room Prize at the Archibald Prize. Awards Wendt won the 1992 Gold Logie Award for her role as host of A Current Affair. She was not at the presentation to accept her award, citing commitments to A Current Affair, based in Sydney, while the awards were being presented in Melbourne. In 1997, she delivered the second Andrew Olle Media Lecture. Wendt won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Kennedy Awards. Books published A Matter of Principle, Melbourne University Press, 2007. . Nice Work, Melbourne University Press, 2010. References External links Wendt's 1997 Andrew Olle Media Lecture 1956 births Nine News presenters 10 News First presenters Australian people of Czech descent Gold Logie winners Living people Journalists from Melbourne Australian broadcast news analysts University of Melbourne alumni Australian television talk show hosts 60 Minutes correspondents 60 Minutes (Australian TV program) correspondents