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.

Controversy

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

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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