After the Logies, the party

Hughesy and Grant Denyer party on. Picture: Instagram

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s inaugural Logies on the Gold Coast have come and gone.

But recoveries today continued.

While it was just another frosty, dark Sunday night at James Packer’s eschewed Crown in Melbourne, at the John O’Neill-chaired The Star on the Goldie it was all glitter, glam and predictable hotel fare as the stars of the box strutted their stuff for telly’s 60th annual night of nights.

Nine boss Hugh Marks, these days running what is his $2 billion-plus free-to-air broadcasting enterprise, was on deck watching over his talent.

Nearby, Kerry Stokes’ legal mind Bruce McWilliam was monitoring for missteps from Seven’s starlets, not to mention execs.

Notable was news and current affairs master Mark Llewellyn for his seat at a Seven table even though he now works for Nine. His 60 Minutes Beirut correspondent Tara Brown was back in the spotlight on stage and appeared to have her mojo back after a low-profile year past.

Ten boss Paul Anderson, now answerable to his masters at CBS, didn’t feel restrained, partying well into the night at Ten’s after-party also at The Star, but with the network staying across the road at the Sofitel. Never mind the irony that his Gold Logie-winning network star Grant Denyer’s Family Feud has just been axed. Any wonder the mini star was emotional.

Meantime Seven partied the night away at the Sheraton Mirage, while Michelle Guthrie’s ABC and Michael Edeid’s SBS were at QT. No expense spared by the public broadcasters.

Foxtel boss Patrick Delany’s head of television Brian Walsh was notably absent, but still front of mind gaining many mentions over the evening, the broadcast of which was watched by the lowest number of viewers since the start of the OzTam ratings system at the start of 2001.

By dawn, all that was left to deal with were the hangovers.

We had to chuckle at the classic page heard over the loudspeaker at Coolangatta airport this morning, “would Hamish McLachlan (Seven sports commentator and brother of AFL boss Gill McLachlan), Lisa Wilkinson (Ten top shelf talent), Mark Llewellyn and (actor) Shane Jacobson all proceed to your gate as your (8.55am) flight is departing”.

Only the dashing McLachlan was seen bolting for the gate.

TV Week Gold Logie winner Grant Denyer. Picture: Nigel Hallett

Gone postal

So now we hear that Australia Post boss Christine Holgate is cleaning up the indiscretions of her predecessor in the top office Ahmed Fahour.

Member for the marginal federal seat of Corangamite in Victoria Sarah Henderson says that Holgate has formally apologised to the politician over comments Henderson is adamant Fahour made several years ago describing her as a “horse’s arse”.

Henderson has revealed that in a recent meeting with Holgate, the executive apologised on her government-owned organisation’s behalf for Fahour’s profanity, despite that the controversial exec and his then organisation denied he ever made the remark to the former journalist-turned pollie.

“Ahmed Fahour told a lie, when he denied he ever said this,” Henderson told Sky News’ Laura Jayes as they also discussed controversial Senator David Leyonhjelm’s vulgar comments to his Greens colleague Sarah Hanson Young.

“I met with her (Holgate) and she apologised and accepted Ahmed Fahour said those words,” Henderson said.