John Laws
John Laws, the ‘Golden Tonsils’ of radio, calls it quits – again
Laws has announced his retirement for the second time after 13 years at radio network 2SM.
- by Calum Jaspan
Latest
‘A bit of a slow-motion train wreck’: 3AW’s Tom Elliott on his infamous father’s fall
The son of controversial 1980s businessman John Elliott and former state MP Lorraine Elliott never wanted a career in the public eye. What happened?
- by Konrad Marshall
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
John Laws scores our PMs out of 10
There’s no more familiar voice in Australian broadcasting than John Laws. Now almost 90 and still on the air, he has lost none of his characteristic alpha male belligerence.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Rule of Laws: ABC invokes spirit of Golden Tonsils in clash with Nine
The ABC Ombudsman rejected Nine’s complaints about Media Watch’s criticism in a ruling that seemed strangely familiar.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Opinion
Radio
First DJ had exclusive interview rights touring alongside the Beatles
Radio stalwart Bob Rogers was a star of the early rock’n’roll era and even played a part in discovering one of the country’s true superstars.
- by Peter FitzSimons
The Kid’s a winner but mum’s the boss
The Kid Laroi’s mum still calls the shots. PS can reveal Sloane Howard met heavy-hitting US music executive Scooter Braun in Sydney this week.
- by Andrew Hornery
Broadcaster John Laws in hospital with infection
The 85-year-old was admitted to hospital last week and will have a procedure, fellow broadcaster Ben Fordham said on Sydney radio station 2GB.
- by Josh Dye
John Laws found to breach radio code with ‘dangerous’ suicide insult
ACMA found the veteran broadcaster breached multiple provisions with “highly offensive” remarks made during a March 2020 segment of his morning talkback show.
- by Robert Moran
Analysis
Media & marketing
Loved, loathed and feared, no one could ignore the Jones phenomenon
Whatever politicians thought about Alan Jones, his influence was something they could not turn away from, not least for how he leveraged it across print and TV as well as radio.
- by Deborah Snow
'Reflect on the greater collective good': what Australia can learn from its past polio epidemics
The Australian survivors of last century’s polio crises have plenty to teach us about staring down the tough times.
- by Amanda Hooton
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