But you must be wrong!
Australian Aviation‘s managing editor & publisher Gerard Frawley was announced as Aviation Journalist of the Year for 2013 at the National Aviation Press Club’s award ceremony
source:
AA?s Frawley aviation journalist of the year | Australian Aviation Magazine (i.e. themselves)
No idea who comprises the "National Aviation Press Club" ... google showed up nothing except Australian Aviation and Airservices Australia.
Maybe it's a conspiracy against Ben Sandilands?