Veteran television political reporter Laurie Oakes has branded Prime Minister Julia Gillard's stance on WikiLeaks "ridiculous" as he accepted the highest honour in journalism, a Gold Walkley award.

The Nine Network Canberra press gallery journalist took the award for the most outstanding piece of journalism for his coverage of the Labor leaks during the federal election campaign.

Laurie Oakes ... won a Walkley for his coverage of the 2010 federal election.

He also won the Walkley for television reporting.

"The leaks that made this story possible didn't dominate the campaign, but they played a very big role in the campaign. I don't think they should've," he said at the awards ceremony in Melbourne last night.