Glenn Milne

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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 where he reported for Seven News and often conducted interviews on Sunday Sunrise . He has also been 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.

[edit] Controversy

Image of the infamous altercation between Glenn Milne (right) and Stephen Mayne (left) (2006)
Image of the infamous altercation between Glenn Milne (right) and Stephen Mayne (left) (2006)

Milne was involved in a scuffle onstage with crikey.com.au founder Stephen Mayne at the 2006 Walkley Awards. He pushed him off the stage and verbally abused him, before being restrained and removed by security staff. [2] He later released a statement apologising for his actions, and claimed that his behaviour was caused by a combination of alcohol and migraine medication. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Push comes to shove as media war takes centre stage. The Sydney Morning Herald (2006-12-02). Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
  2. ^ The Age, Milne sorry for 'shocking' behaviour [1]
  3. ^ The Sydney Morning Herald, Meds and booze behind Walkley barney [2]
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