Derryn Nigel Hinch (born 9 February 1944) in New Plymouth, New Zealand (now an Australian citizen) is an Australian media personality best known for his work on Melbourne radio. He has also been a police reporter, foreign correspondent, newspaper editor, television show host, novelist and vintner. is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... New Plymouth is the port and main city in the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... New Plymouth is the port and main city in the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... A Female Reporter A reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents information in certain types of mass media. ... Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 film which tells the story of an American reporter who becomes involved in espionage in England during the onset of World War II. It stars Joel McCrea, George Sanders, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Albert Bassermann and Robert Benchley. ... Editing may also refer to audio editing or film editing. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... The term vintner is applied to wine merchants as well as (erroneously) winemakers. ...

Dubbed "the human headline", Hinch is controversial and outspoken; by his own account he has been sacked no less than fourteen times during his career in the media.

Married four times, including twice to Australian actress Jackie Weaver, he says that he remains on good terms with his former wives. He married Chanel Hayton on February 11, 2006. Jackie Weaver (b, May 25, 1947) is an Australian actor. ...

On 31 March 2006, Hinch appeared on Today Tonight and was questioned over a complaint which was investigated by the police. No charges were laid and the matter was thereafter closed. March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Today Tonight is an Australian tabloid television current affairs program, broadcast on the Seven Network every weeknight at 6:30pm in direct competition with A Current Affair on the Nine Network and indirectly with The 7:30 Report on ABC Television. ...

In 2006, Hinch could be seen to have lost a considerable amount of weight and his health was believed to be in decline [1][2]. He had refused to comment on the issue, other than stating that it was a matter for himself, his wife and his doctor.

On 4 March 2007, on the Australian 60 Minutes program, Hinch revealed that he has been suffering from advanced cirrhosis of the liver, a tumourous growth had also been detected on his liver. is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... 60 Minutes premiered February 11, 1979. ... Cirrhosis of the liver is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrotic scar tissue as well as regenerative nodules, leading to progressive loss of liver function. ...

On 30 July 2007 Legend of radio John Laws and Hinch attended the 40 Years of Radio Legends [[3]] The following day a savage slanging match erupted between radio talkback hosts Derryn Hinch and John Laws. is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Richard John Sinclair Laws, better known as John Laws, CBE (born 8 August 1935) is a prominent and controversial radio presenter in Australia, whose mellifluous voice earned him the nickname the Golden Tonsils. Since the 1970s Laws has hosted a hugely successful morning radio program, which mixes music with interviews... Richard John Sinclair Laws, better known as John Laws, CBE (born 8 August 1935) is a prominent and controversial radio presenter in Australia, whose mellifluous voice earned him the nickname the Golden Tonsils. Since the 1970s Laws has hosted a hugely successful morning radio program, which mixes music with interviews...

On 4 August 2007, in the Herald Sun[[4]], Hinch revealed he has an inoperable liver cancer which is too close to his heart to operate on. is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Herald Sun is a newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that is published by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... Hepatic tumors are tumors or growths on or in the liver (medical terms pertaining to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word for liver, hepar). ...

Journalism

Hinch began his career at the age of 15 with the New Zealand Taranaki Herald. In 1963 he came to Australia on the MV Wanganella and joined The Sydney Morning Herald. By 1968 he had become a foreign correspondent for the Fairfax organisation, and finally moved to New York as bureau chief. He remained in the United States for eleven years. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 film which tells the story of an American reporter who becomes involved in espionage in England during the onset of World War II. It stars Joel McCrea, George Sanders, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Albert Bassermann and Robert Benchley. ... Fairfax is the name of some places in the United States of America: Fairfax, California Fairfax, Iowa Fairfax, Minnesota Fairfax, Missouri Fairfax, Ohio Fairfax, Oklahoma Fairfax, South Carolina Fairfax, South Dakota Fairfax, Vermont Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax, West Virginia Fairfax County, Virginia Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California Fairfax Station, Virginia Fairfax... NY redirects here. ...

Radio

3XY 1978

Morning host with Keith Williams. Keith Parker Williams is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the states fourteenth House district, including constituents in Onslow county. ...

3AW 1979

Morning host until 1987; rumoured million-dollar earnings; ratings leader for six straight years; achieved the station's highest ever morning program rating (21.4 in survey two, 1984). Sacked (live on air) for breaching the 48 hour pre-election media blackout law.

3AW 2000

Presented "Nightline" from 8 p.m. to midnight, a program for older listeners; sacked after ratings slumped.

3AK (Talk 1116) 2001

Morning host, sacked, re-employed in 2002 but sacked again. Southern Cross Broadcasting (owners of 3AW) began but later withdrew defamation action against Hinch over comments made by him that 3AW boss Tony Bell "... had too much influence over the programming of that station [...] and, yes I called my past and future boss 'diddums'". In English and American law, and systems based on them, libel and slander are two forms of defamation (or defamation of character), which is the tort or delict of making a false statement of fact that injures someones reputation. ...

3AW Feb 2003

Returned in the 4pm-6pm shift, replacing Stan Zemanek; salary rumoured to be $200,000. Stan Zemanek (29 May 1947 – 12 July 2007[1]) was a right-wing[2] Australian radio broadcaster who presented a popular night time show on 2UE Sydney and which was networked across parts of Australia via Southern Cross. ...

Television

• Hinch (Seven Network, later Network Ten)
• Beauty and the Beast (1982-1983)
• The Midday Show (Nine Network)
• Mars Venus (Foxtel)
• Dancing with the Stars (Seven Network) (appearance)

The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. ... Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australias three commercial television networks, available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in Australia. ... Beauty and the Beast is a Australian panel television show. ... Midday (commonly referred to as The Midday Show) was a television show that aired on Australias Nine Network from 1985-1998. ... The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. ... Dancing with the Stars is an Australian television series based on the British Strictly Come Dancing. ...

Controversies

Hinch and paedophilia

Hinch has been a tireless, even obsessive, anti-paedophilia campaigner.

The entire first chapter - twenty pages - of his autobiography "That's Life" is given over to a detailed account of his childhood sexual experiences. The word "masturbation" first appears on the second line of the book.

Hinch has written that he was "molested by a man as a child":

"My only fear is that I will be misconstrued. That my genuine concern for the victims who face lifelong shadows from their forced experiences will be taken out of context when I say, yet again, that 'Yes, I was molested, but no, it didn't affect me.' That somehow it will give some bizarre support to the predators who claim 'child-love' is not unhealthy if I commit to print that an adult male acquaintance of my parents once pounced on me, put my penis in his mouth, and I suffered no apparent lasting trauma or damage." (That's Life, p. 113)

Hinch gives over the next six pages to details about the incident.

On August 7, 2005, Hinch caused controversy when he revealed living arrangements for Brian Keith Jones, also known as convicted child sex offender Mr Baldy, on air. Hinch's comments caused controversy in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston, where residents attacked the house named on air and abused its occupants. A local Frankston supermarket began a petition to remove Jones from the area. Hinch later stated his comments were mistaken and Jones was not living at the Frankston address. This was parodied on the Seven Network show Fast Forward, albeit some years before the incident with the character Hunch, played by Steve Vizard. is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brian Keith Jones, Mr Baldy, police mugshot Brian Keith Jones, formerly known as Brendan John Megson, is an Australian who was convicted of the abduction and sexual assault of six children between 1979 and 1980. ... Frankston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Fast Forward was an Australian commercial television sketch comedy show that ran for 94 episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. ... Stephen William Vizard, born 6 March 1956 in Richmond, Victoria, is an Australian media personality, businessman and philanthropist. ...

Hinch and the fifteen-year old girl

Hinch writes in "The Fall and Rise of Derryn Hinch" that as an adult he had sex with a fifteen-year old girl. He says:

"I met her at a party at Molly Meldrum's house about three o'clock in the morning. I had seen her in lingerie ads in magazines like the Women's Weekly. She was exotic. European. And I thought she was about 25. Obviously this was a long time ago. We went out together days later. We ended up in bed. The next night we went to dinner again and, frankly, I thought her lack of knowledge – and struggling current affairs conversation - was because English was obviously her second language." Ian Molly Meldrum (born January 29, 1946) is an Australian popular music critic, journalist, and record producer, and musical entrepreneur best known for hosting the seminal popular music program Countdown from 1974 to 1986. ... Assorted lingerie styles. ... The Australian Womens Weekly, published by Australian Consolidated Press (part of PBL), is a monthly womens magazine published in Australia and sold mainly in Australia and New Zealand. ...

Hinch once dated a beautiful Mystery Blonde in Sydney. The image of the two appeared on the front cover of the New Idea and Woman's Day. Her name was Suzanne and she was a Photographer for Text media. Pacific Magazines is a magazine publisher operating in Australia and New Zealand. ... John Clymer cover for Womans Day (December, 1942) Womans Day is a magazine, aimed at a female readership, which A & P launched in the 1930s. ...

see "Age Of Consent" (Hinch web site)

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Glennon affair

In 1978 Catholic priest Michael Charles Glennon was convicted of sexual assault upon a ten year old girl at his Karaglen property (near Lancefield, Victoria), for which he served seven months of a two-year sentence. In 1984 Glennon faced separate charges relating to two boys, aged eleven and thirteen, but was acquitted. Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Michael Charles Glennon is an Australian paedophile and former Catholic priest. ... The Antiques Centre, a restored hostel. ... Slogan or Nickname: Garden State, The Place to Be Motto(s): Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (resigning effective 30th July 2007) (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ...

In November 1985, Glennon was charged with further sexual offences on five boys and one girl aged between 12 and 16. While Glennon's preliminary hearings were still underway, Hinch made three broadcasts in which he expressed outrage that Glennon was still running a youth camp in Lancefield, together with details of Glennon's prior charges. Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ...

Under Australian law, published comments on cases currently before the courts (sub judice) that are prejudicial to the accused's rights, or unduly influence a jury, may be unlawful. In law, sub judice, Latin for under judgment, means that a particular case or matter is currently under trial or being considered by a judge or court. ...

Hinch was charged with contempt of court and was found guilty. A series of appeals followed, in one of which Judge Murphy found: Contempt of court is a court ruling which, in the context of a court trial or hearing, deems an individual as holding contempt for the court, its process, and its invested powers. ...

"They (the broadcasts) held Glennon up to public obloquy, they vilified him at a time when charges were known by Mr. Hinch to be pending against him and they had in my opinion the effect of creating a real risk of prejudice to Glennon's fair trial by effecting the pre-judgement of witnesses and jurors at his committal and trial respectively."

Eventually Hinch served twelve days in prison, with one night at Melbourne's Pentridge Prison and the remainder of his term at the minimum-security Morwell River Prison Farm. HM Prison Pentridge was an Australian prison built in 1850 and located in Coburg, Victoria. ... This article needs to be wikified. ...

The resolution of Glennon's case was delayed while the issue of whether or not his right to a fair trial had been undermined by the broadcasts. In 1991, he was convicted; the decision was initially overturned and then confirmed on further appeal. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

In October 2003 Glennon, who was still in prison, was found guilty of twenty-six other offences against minors, for which he was sentenced to eighteen years. When combined with his then current sentences, the total came to an effective maximum of 20 years. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Graham Kennedy AIDS claim

Hinch caused offence with the Australian public on May 26, 2005 by claiming that recently deceased Australian television personality Graham Kennedy had died of AIDS [5]. Kennedy died aged 71 in a New South Wales nursing home. is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Australian television Black and white television began in Australia in between 1955 and 1957, with colour television being introduced generally to the country in 1975 to 1976, in time for the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. ... Graham Cyril Kennedy, AO (15 February 1934 - 25 May 2005) was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called The King of Australian television. ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...

Hinch gave two items in support of his allegation:

(1) Kennedy's biographer Graeme Blundell had written that when he visited Kennedy

"... there were large triangular black patches on both his cheeks. They were so dark they looked as if they had been applied with make-up." [6]

Hinch said that the black marks were proof that Kennedy had Kaposi's sarcoma.

(2) an interview with a former Australian television sports reporter, now living in Thailand. Hinch said that he had "sprung" the two men together at Ziggy's restaurant in Sydney.

During the interview Hinch repeatedly pressed for confirmation that the person (a) had been Graham Kennedy's lover and (b) was HIV-positive. The interviewee said little, but in the closing moments of the interview remarked "If you haven't worked it out by now, you are not as smart as I think you are."

When Hinch first broadcast the HIV allegations against Kennedy, he did not know that Kennedy had been tested for AIDS a mere week before his death, after a carer suffered a needle stick injury. The results showed that Kennedy was not HIV positive. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a frequently mutating retrovirus that attacks the human immune system and which has been shown to cause acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). ...

Despite the overwhelming medical evidence, Hinch broadcast an unrepentant non-apology on 3AW:

"I will still stick to what I said. I believed what I said when I said it. And I know that my comments have upset some people, including obviously friends and Kennedy fans, especially in Melbourne. And for those people who have been upset and have sent me thousands of e-mails and letters, I apologise and I will say to them I'm sorry. So, let's move on."

At Kennedy's funeral service, held in Mittagong on May 31 2005, Stuart Wagstaff said: Mittagong is a small town with a population of approximately 4000 in the Southern Highlands, New South Wales, Australia. ... Stuart Wagstaff (born February 13, 1925 in Great Dunford, Wiltshire, England, UK) is an iconic Australian television and stage entertainer. ...

"Delivering a eulogy for a close friend and for someone who was so much admired is never a happy occasion. Though, I must confess I would be quite happy to deliver a eulogy for a certain media personality who's tried the second Kennedy assassination of our time (applause) ... and failed."

Kennedy's writer Mike McColl-Jones read a spoof fax from Kennedy in heaven, which included (to great applause from the mourners): Mike McColl-Jones is a veteran comedy writer for Australian television. ...

"I hear Derryn outed me. I've got a hot flash for him - it's rife up here. Only a few minutes ago I saw Oscar Wilde holding hands with Chips Rafferty. I reckon if Hinch's body is ever washed up on a beach, police will be interviewing suspects for seven years."

Books by Derryn Hinch

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Cover of The Fall and Rise of Derryn Hinch: How I Hit the Wall and Didn't Bleed

• The Scrabble Book (1972, rev. ed. 1977), ISBN 0-333-23073-6
• Death at Newport (1986), ISBN 0-207-15422-8
• AIDS - Most of the Questions, Some of the Answers (1987), ISBN 0-9587779-1-8
• Death In Paradise (1989), ISBN 0-207-16165-8
• The Derryn Hinch Diet (1991), ISBN 0-14-016527-4
• That's Life (1992), ISBN 0-14-016986-5
• The Ultimate Guide to Winning Scrabble (2001), ISBN 1-86325-324-6
• 101 Ways To Lose Your Mobile Phone (2001), ISBN 0-646-40631-0
• The Fall and Rise of Derryn Hinch: How I Hit the Wall and Didn't Bleed (2004), ISBN 1-74066-159-1

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Recent Days

Throughout 2006, Derryn Hinch has been doing commercials for Kellogg's All-Bran Cereal. In this ad Hinch gives a couple the "two week challenge" where they must only eat this cereal for breakfast. The couple, while admitting to one another how effective the challenge is, are embarrassed by Derryn's continual blase attitude to what they see as a delicate matter. He also continually makes subtle references to how fibre cleans your insides. For other things with Kellogg in the name, see Kellogg (disambiguation). ...

With the help of Cabrini Hospital in Melbourne, Derryn has been battling hard with Septicaemia since October 2006 on the background of alcohol related liver cirrhosis. [7] [8]

On 27 April 2007, over a month since he announced publicly he suffers from advanced cirrohsis due to his heavy alcohol consumption, Derryn went back to hosptial for more scans to check the size of his liver cancer growths and said on his website daily comments DRUNKS ALL ROUND [[9]] that he had a well earned day off work.

In the media on 1 August 2007 its Game on! Laws versus Hinch [10] which A slanging match between radio talkback hosts John Laws and Derryn Hinch has turned ugly.

Hinch, presenter of 3AW’s drive-time shift, slammed  celebrations held this week in Sydney for 40 years of talkback radio which was attended by Laws and included a gushing tribute by Prime Minister John Howard.  “We’re not here to celebrate John Laws, we’re here to celebrate 40 years of talkback radio,” said Hinch.

On 2 August 2007 newspaper article GRUMPY OLD MEN NO TURN ON [[11]] Laws recently celebrated 50 years on radio. is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

On 10 August 2007 the Melbourne Age SPY column [[12]] is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Notable quotes

• "Good evening Australia"
• "Shame, shame, shame ..." or "Shame, Australia, shame ..."
• "I'm Derryn Hinch"
• "I've said it before and I'll say it again ..."
• "That's Life"
• "Who's looking after the children?"
• "Fibre is your friend"
• "You are so beautiful"
• "Thank your mother for the rabbits"

Many of these quotes became famous not so much because Hinch himself used them, but because of the 'Hunch' impersonations of Steve Vizard. Stephen William Vizard, born 6 March 1956 in Richmond, Victoria, is an Australian media personality, businessman and philanthropist. ...

External links

• Official Derryn Hinch web site
• Derryn Hinch Biography, Information, etc ...
• Derryn Hinch on IMDB
• I'm Derryn, I'm back and that's life (The Age, February 26 2003)
• interview with George Negus 30 June 2004
• interview with Andrew Denton
• HINCH and MACQUARIE BROADCASTING HOLDINGS LIMITED v. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF VICTORIA (1987) 164 CLR 15 F.C. 87/046 (High Court judgment)