Channel Nine’s new show This Time Next Year was a big hit when it premiered last night. Karl Stefanovic’s new show topped the ratings with 1.282m people tuning in. The show sees Stefanovic interview people in front of a studio audience and they share their dream of something they’d like to achieve within the next 12 months. One […]
Tags: Brad Purdy, Channel Nine, gay, Karl Stefanovic, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, This Time Next Year, tv
1 Aug 2017 /
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OPINION I’m going to speak now, because I can not hold my opinion piece. Channel Nine’s program ‘Married at First Sight’ has often been criticised for trivializing marriage and commitment. At a time when a serious conversation about the value, and legitimacy of same sex couples relationships, is at the forefront of national issues this […]
Tags: advocates, Channel Nine, Graeme Watson, Marriage, marriage equality, married at first sight, Millionaire Hot Seat, traditional marriage, trivial
7 Aug 2016 |
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‘Today’ show host Karl Stefanovic was quick to apologise this week when he faced a barrage a criticism for referring to transgender people by a derogatory term. The breakfast TV show host was discussing media reports that Channel Nine’s correspondent Christine Ahern and her camera man had been the victim of an attempted robbery within […]
Tags: Channel Nine, Christine Ahern, Glen the Cameraman, Karl Stefanovic, slur, TODAY, trans*, transgender
31 Jul 2016 |
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Channel Nine’s TV show ‘20 to 1‘ has criticised for making jokes about transgender people. The weekly program that countdowns twenty examples under a different theme was focusing on outrageous sports stars. Among the stars on their list was basketball player Dennis Rodman, cricketer Shane Warne, Olympic hurdler Michelle Jenneke and and transgender tennis player Renee […]
Tags: Channel Nine, Fitzi and Whipa, Martina Navratilova, offensive, Paul Wipfli, Peter Berner, Prue MacSween, Rachael Oliver, Renee Richards, Sport, television, Tennis, transgender
29 Jun 2016 |
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Dr Kerryn Phelps has slammed Channel Nine’s ‘Married at First Sight’ and Seven’s ‘Seven Year Switch’ as an insult to same-sex couples who cannot marry under Australian law. The first LGBT person and first woman to be president of the Australian Medical Association took to Facebook to voice her concerns about the programs. “What a bloody […]
Tags: AMA, AusPol, Australian Medical Association, Channel Nine, Dr Kerryn Phelps, George Christensen, kerryn phelps, Marriage, marriage equality, married at first sight, nine, Same Sex Marriage, seven, seven network, seven year switch
7 Apr 2016 |
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UK-born John was representing Perth last night and he took the stage during bling auditions for the current season of Channel 9’s ‘The Voice’. Josh bravely shared his personal story during his introductory video. He spoke of moving to Australia and how bullying has affected him and shaped the person he has become. “I moved […]
Tags: Channel Nine, Feeling Good, LGBT, LGBTIQ, Nina Simone, Perth, The Voice, The Voice Australia
2 Jul 2015 |
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Former broadcaster Ian Ross lost a battle with cancer in the early hours of April 30th. In January of this year, Ross revealed that he had pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver. In an interview with Fairfax Media, Ross credited the support of his ex-wife, children, grandchildren and long term partner for his […]
Tags: cancer, Channel Nine, channel seven, fairfax media, Gray Bolte, Ian Ross
2 May 2014 |
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