Glenn Milne
Glenn Milne is a Canberra journalist and political commentator. He currently works for News Ltd as political editor of The Sunday Telegraph newspaper, and as a columnist for The Australian newspaper. He is a former chief political correspondent for the Seven Network and political editor of the The Australian. The former Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating, was known to refer to him as "The Poison Dwarf" [1] , a nickname that stuck.
He is currently a Vice President of the National Press Club in Canberra.
Controversy
THE most prestigious night in Australian journalism "erupted into farce" [2] when Glenn Milne physically assaulted[2] rival journalist Stephen Mayne at the 2006 Walkley Awards.
As Stephen Mayne prepared to present an award to Morgan Mellish of The Australian Financial Review, [3] a "red-faced"[2] and "seemingly intoxicated" [4] Mr Milne appeared uninvited on stage and launched into a diatribe of verbal abuse, labelling Mr Mayne an "absolute disgrace". On national television, Milne pushed Mayne in the chest and repeatedly referred to him as "a disgrace". Mayne jumped off stage as Milne, slurring his words, continued to abuse him.[2]
"I could see from his sort of wild eyes, and his red face, that he was clearly very drunk, and I thought, you know, heck, this is going to be out of control,"[4] said Mayne, who suffered a sore ankle from the altercation. [5] "And next thing I know, I'd been shoved off the stage and I was hurtling through the air, in a four-foot drop onto the floor"[4]
Milne, in a "drunken rage", [6] continued his "tirade of abuse"[4] and attempted to run at Mr Mayne again before being tackled by security guards [7] who frogmarched the dishevelled Canberra veteran out the door.[3] Mr Mayne then gathered himself before returning to the lectern, announcing,"That is the former Sunday Telegraph political correspondent Glenn Milne, sponsored by Fosters."[4]
The following day, Milne apologised for the outburst, admitting he was intoxicated on both alcohol and migraine pills. [8]
External links
- YouTube - video of Walkley Awards scuffle
References
- ^ "Push comes to shove as media war takes centre stage". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2006-12-02. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c d "Crikey! News Limited journalist makes a night of it". The Age. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "Milne's Mayne event". The Australian. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c d e "Glenn Milne apologises for Walkleys outburst". ABC 'The World Today'. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Award for best TV biff". The Daily Telegraph. 2006-12-02. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Crikey, they're still at it". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2006-12-04. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Embarrassments: Gotcha! Live and dangerous". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Milne apologises for Walkley outburst". NineMSN. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
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