The Sydney Morning Herald investigative journalist has been honoured in this year's Australia Day awards.
"It’s been stressful and there’s been difficult times, but it’s such an amazing thing when you can have a job that can make a difference," she says.
"There is always shameless people trying to advantage themselves or their families," she says. "People don’t realise what a corrupt underworld we have in Sydney and in NSW ... they need to be held to account." McClymont says the raids have made whistleblowers more reluctant to talk and reflect badly on Australia’s democracy. Last year alone, McClymont says she spent about 25 per cent of her time working with lawyers on defamation action."Over the years, my sources have become more reluctant to contact you because of that fear that their computers or phones will leave a trail. It’s affecting how we get information from people and whistleblowers are terrified," she says.
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