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Marking 40 years on from the Dismissal at Old Parliament House

Edit Canberra Times 10 Nov 2015
The drama and intrigue of the Whitlam era will return to Old Parliament House on Wednesday with special screenings of a documentary to mark the 40th anniversary of the Dismissal ... The Power and the Passion ... The documentary includes interviews with Mr Howard, Labor figures Graham Freudenberg and Bill Hayden, journalists Andrew Denton and George Negus as well as Mr Whitlam and Mr Fraser ... ....

Palaszczuk could add more ministers to Queensland cabinet

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 28 Jul 2015
planning forum, George Negus, asking Deputy Premier Jackie Trad "what she did for fun", after reading out her long and involved portfolio list ... Advertisement ....

What Kerry Packer got up to in Vegas is lunchtime fodder for Oliver Stone

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 02 Jun 2015
Continuing his long corporate lunch around Australia, Stone found himself before a ......

ABC presenter Leigh Sales shoots back at Malcolm Turnbull over minister's critique of her interview style

Edit Canberra Times 18 May 2015
Leigh Sales has hit back over criticism of her post-budget interviewing style. Photo. Submitted. Be less aggressive ... Veteran journalist George Negus suggested that sexism may explain the criticism directed at broadcasters such as Sales and Alberici. "I wonder whether he would say the same about ... Kerry O'Brien, or me at a different time,' Negus said. "What he really means is they don't like being interviewed by them....

Celebrity sells, from airline seats to hotel rooms

Edit The Australian 09 Apr 2015
Let’s face it. celebrity sells. While fashion and beauty brands have long used stars to spruik their wares, the travel and hospitality industry has been slower to get on board ... The likes of George Negus, Steve Liebmann, John (Baby Face) Burgess and Vince Sorrenti have led tours to destinations as diverse as Russia, the Kimberley and northern Italy ... But branding, not tour group flag-waving, is the 21st-century trend ... ....

Rival clubs fear South Sydney want NRL help to keep Greg Inglis

Edit Canberra Times 12 Mar 2015
In demand. Souths skipper Greg Inglis. Photo. Getty Images. Angry clubs are concerned South Sydney are snuggling into the warm bosom of the NRL because the premiers want Dave Smith to open the purse strings to ensure Greg Inglis stays in the game. And, yes, you're right, now it's getting ugly ... Kaboom! ... The result ... Righto, so the Sunday night institution has softened significantly since the days of George Negus taking on Margaret Thatcher ... ....

The ABC’s and Fairfax’s holocaust confusion; and The Age channels Green Left Weekly

Edit The Australian 13 Feb 2015
AVID MWD READER ATTEMPTS, BUT FAILS, TO DEFEND GEORGE NEGUS’ HOPELESS HYPERBOLE. MWD Issue 255 reported on George Negus’ appearance on the Richard Glover Drive program on Radio 702 where the one-time staffer in the Whitlam government asserted that Tony Abbott was never “terribly interested” in running the country ... George Negus ... George Negus ... George Negus....

Bernard Keane’s racial taunt; Tony Wright’s humour malfunction: MWD 255

Edit The Australian 30 Jan 2015
● GEORGE NEGUS’ CONFUSION. Meanwhile on ABC Radio 702’s Drive with Richard Glover yesterday, veteran journalist George Negus confidently declared that the problem with Tony Abbott is that he has followed Bob Santamaria too closely ... George Negus ... George Negus ... If anyone has any idea what George Negus was on about — or, perhaps, on — yesterday, please let MWD know....

Canberra Weekender: What's on January 16-18

Edit Canberra Times 14 Jan 2015
The Ben & Jerry's Openair Cinemas kick off on Sunday night with a charity screening of The Hunger Games. Mockingjay Part I. Photo. Melissa Adams. Your guide to what's going on around the capital this weekend.All Weekend ... Until January 31 ... 7pm FOOTBALL DINNER Celebrate an evening of football hosted by George Negus with special guest former Liverpool football legend Craig Johnston and other Australian football icons. Woden Tradies Club....

Glory road: From Palestine to the Asian Cup in Australia

Edit Canberra Times 12 Jan 2015
Fennell Bay Public School's school project to support the Palestine team at the Asian Cup. There's a bit in Trainspotting where heroin-addicted Renton says, "Christ, I haven't felt that good since Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in 1978" ... He really does ... As Blatter once conceded in an interview on SBS with George Negus, FIFA's decision to award Palestine full status in 1998 was itself a "political statement" ... ....

Canberra Raiders legend Ken Nagas wanted Ruben Wiki back at Auckland Nines too

Edit Canberra Times 10 Jan 2015
Flash Back. Ken "The Flash" Nagas, planning a comeback at the Auckland Nines. Photo. Graham Tidy. Kenny Nagas' comeback - or the Flash-Back, as it has been termed given his nickname, The Flash - has sparked interest in this month's Auckland Nines rugby league tournament ... Dinner with Craig Johnston ... It's a fundraiser for the Belconnen United Football Club and will be hosted by iconic news man George Negus.Nick Kyrgios still flying high ... ....

Australia to play host as Asian Cup mixes sport and politics

Edit Canberra Times 04 Jan 2015
Kinetic diplomats. Socceroos players train at Collingwood in preparation for the Asian Cup. Photo. Getty Images. Tony Abbott may not support Palestine, but plenty of his countrymen will during the Asian Cup ... A decade later, during the FIFA Congress in Sydney, Sepp Blatter admitted during an SBS interview with George Negus that FIFA's decision was a "political statement" ... So, too, war-ravaged Iraq ... Exciting? You bet ... ....

So Dateline needs more happy stories? The world isn't a happy place

Edit The Guardian 19 Nov 2014
Former SBS reporter Yalda Hakim cut her teeth on Dateline ... Yalda Hakim ... BBC ... I have little reason to doubt his facts. In the industry Allan is known as a person of high integrity and one of a group of Australian broadcasters – among them, George Negus – who have successfully straddled the commercial and public service divide of Australian television journalism ... Paul Cutler would then have his say, as would the likes of George Negus ... ....
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