The independents make Australia wait - for too long?
Down to Tony Windsor?
HINCH VIDEO BLOG: I suspect though that out in the electorate people are suffering ‘pollie fatigue’. There’s a feeling of ‘get it over with’. Either come up with a solution, form a sustainable government, or go back to the polls.
'Cross dress and you can kill?'
EXCLUSIVE: A father whose daughter was killed by a 'cross-dresser' is stunned a Melbourne judge has let the 'man' walk free. Read and hear more.
Try this if you're not a footballer
HINCH WHACKS POLICE: "Tuck was found unconscious in his car. Does that mean that if a drunk is found unconscious they don’t get booked for being in control of a vehicle?"
'First time caller long time listener'
Radio wars! Well, not really ... drive time rivals Derryn Hinch and Hamish and Andy get along great guns and decided to share a chat with news the latter pair are going into TV.
Hinch suddenly gives a Twit!
HUMAN HEADLINE: "Confession time. Capitulation time. Today, the last of the Luddites is joining Twitter. I surrender. I’ve called it rubbish. Called it puerile. Called it a monumental waste of time. And now this twit is about to tweet."
Hinch turns into a 'sleazebag'
3AW's Derryn Hinch will be appearing in the next series of City Homicide with actors Aaron Pedersen and Nadine Gardner. Hinch is playing a 'sleazebag radio host'.
Three-state terror raids
LATEST: Anti-terrorism raids on homes across Melbourne this morning were part of a national effort, with properties in Sydney and Perth also targeted.
What remains of election 'blackout'?
HINCH: The media blackout only applied to radio and television. In fact, when I first challenged this stupid, undemocratic law, all I did was attempt to read out on air what was in the morning papers. No Comment.
Smith bristles over challenge
"Hi Derryn, I'd rather hope you just died back then but unfortunately you're still alive," said Dick Smith at the start of interview with the 3AW host. It appears Mr Smith, who's been given a massive free ride in the media this week, didn't like the editorial Hinch delivered.
'None of the above' would win
HINCH BLOG: "Abbott has buried the ‘Mad Monk’ under a straight jacket of plodding, safe, uninspired speeches. Including his launch. Gillard, presumably now the ‘real Julia, is like a droning machine. I reckon if you asked her ‘What time is it?’ you would get five minutes on the national broadband or education."
Why should YOU pay for NBN?
PRIORITIES RIGHT? "They certainly rubber stamped and fast-tracked this one. I just keep thinking what $43 billion could do to make the quality of life better for hospital patients and old age pensioners. That'd be the best Net result."
Rally against court 'injustice'
HINCH BLOG: I admire those hardy souls who stood in the rain today to protest about a society where criminals seem to have more rights, more protection, than their victims. Remember: They were standing there for all of us.
Election Soap Opera
HINCH BLOG: "Maybe it was inevitable after such a crazy weekend of political shenanigans that we end up at the Rooty Hill RSL Club. That’s where Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott will square off on Wednesday night"
'Australia's First Bloke'
HINCH BLOG: "Julia Gillard has made it clear that if elected she will move into The Lodge and so will he. 'Where I live, he lives'. And that makes sense. So who is Tim Mathieson? The man who is now Australia’s First Bloke."
Political Pygmies: The Great Debate
HINCH BLOG: "Well, that was the debate that wasn’t. The veteran Canberra observer Laurie Oakes got it right in his newspaper column at the weekend when he described the leaders vying for your vote as 'political pygmies'. More here.
WikiLeaks releases secret war files
AUDIO: The White House has denounced a massive leak of secret military files that describe how Pakistan's spy service aids the Afghan insurgency. 92-thousand documents have been released by the web whistleblower Wiki-leaks.
Abortion debate heats up again
HINCH BLOG: "The 'morning after' abortion pill RU 486 is back in the news for the wrong reasons today. It will spark more debate on what is always an emotional and sometimes cruel issue". More here.
What's the magic number?
HINCH BLOG: Ms Gillard says she is not in favour of a ‘big Australia’. Would like you to think she never was. That was all Kevin Who’s idea. But what is a sustainable Australia? Give us a number? Hinch has his say.
Blanche says Keating's wrong
Biographer and wife of Bob Hawke, Blanche D'Alpuget has welcomed today's publicity surrounding her book but says Paul Keating's claims aren't true. Hear her interview in full with Derryn Hinch.
Where we at with the pink batt?
HINCH BLOG: "With the Canberra press gallery on election alert we are hearing much about the new prime minister clearing the decks, ticking the boxes, in readiness for a trip to the polling booth next month. But what about the insulation scandal?"
Café bans baby food
YOUR SAY: After receiving a letter from one of his listeners, Derryn Hinch posed a question: Should a mother be allowed to take her own baby food to a restaurant? And what happens when she does? More here.
Extraordinary day: Hinch
HINCH BLOG: "But, in fairness to Archbishop Hart, it is a huge, if belated, step forward." Does the Catholic Church apology represent a meaningful shift in attitude?
Shafted! Hinch behind the 'bulls---'
HINCH BLOG: The other breathtaking and brazen thing about today is the way the Gang of Two are almost pretending that they had no say in the original mining tax ... even though only days ago they were bashing the miners. Promising no retreat. Calling the miners ignorant liars. No ... it was all that awful Mr Rudd’s fault."
PM fuels new wave of debate
HINCH BLOG: "I’ll admit I was an opponent of gay marriages for years. Followed the ignorant, blinkered, almost homophobic, line without thinking it through. Marriage was only for men and women - because that’s just the way it was."
Gillard and miners play ball?
LISTEN: 3AW's Political Correspondent Latika Bourke discusses the Federal Government's mining tax compromise and also addresses Hinch's question: Whatever happened to Penny Wong?
Who would you back in a fight?
Rumours continue to circulate about why Brendan Fevola is not playing this week against Carlton. Hinch - never one to shirk away from a scandalous footy story because he's mates with the boys - investigates.
Atheist Hinch on atheist Julia
HINCH BLOG: O my god! The new prime minister is a non-believer. And to make things worse Julia Gillard is not going to pretend that she's a Christian. Not going to pander to religious groups for their vote. Which means we won't see a prime minister conducting TV interviews outside the church after Sunday service.
'Gang Of Two' remain...
HINCH BLOG: "The pink batt fiasco, which was fatal as well as expensive. The school gym rorts, the scrapping of the ETS, the mining tax imbroglio and the $40 million spent on advertising it. Gillard and Swan not only endorsed those causes, they championed them."
Architects behind Rudd's 'knifing'
HAWAII HINCH BLOG: "As the late Richard Carleton would say … they all have blood on their hands. Remember too: Gillard and Swan and Lindsay Tanner (who seems the invisible man today) were all involved in those unpopular Rudd decisions over pink batts and, school rorts and canning the ETS." Read more.
The grand-father comes forward
There’s an old saying in the news business: ‘When you are being run out of town – pretend it’s a parade and you’re leading it.’ And that’s what the Herald Sun has done today after we revealed the heart-rending story of their single mum, Michelle and her two kids, being forced to live in a car on cold winter nights, wasn’t quite what it was cracked up to be.
Simon Overland #FAIL
BLOG: "We’ve already had one Police Commissioner ducking and weaving and playing smarty pants with the truth. We can’t afford her replacement being painted with the same odorous brush." Read more.
Why are we paying 'root rat'?
"And how about Holding’s comments? I suspect his brain got left behind when he was lost in the mountains. He says ‘Tiger’s personal matters are matters for him and his family’. No they are not."
Cop's death could have been avoided
Victoria Police has admitted it should have acted faster in abolishing the gun holsters which led to the murder of one its officers. Hinch has more details of a story which can have no happy ending.
'Tragic set of circumstances'
The 29-year-old Mooroopna mum whose boys, 7 and 9, were found dead in their bedroom has been cleared of killing them, despite police having not formally interrogated her. More here.
Fergie says 'Fergie' looks exhausted
Sarah Ferguson's interview with Oprah Winfrey today will no doubt harm her reputation even further after last week being caught in a sting by a UK newspaper. Listen now to US Correspondent Richard Arnold try and sort through this!
Remember this when in the pub!
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Derryn Hinch has an interesting yarn he wanted to share to his online audience about the role of beer coasters and doodles in big business!
Why Rudd's ads are 'urgent'
Hinch looks at why our money is being spent on political advertising Kevin Rudd once shot down as being a waste of taxpayers' money. Apparently, the ads are in the national interest and, according to the small business minister, it's basically tit-for-tat.
Hinch follows Racestrat's fortunes
HINCH: "Ask me which issue has generated the most concentrated number of phone calls and emails to the Drive program lately? If you said insulation or knife attacks or Justin Madden muckups, or climate change or clearways you would be wrong."
Case for suspended sentences?
Hinch looks at the group which wants to highlight suspended sentences are more effective than prison as a crime deterrent. Can you guess some of the concerns Hinch may have with this?
Police not helped by the law?
Police responded quickly today to apprehend 'armed and dangerous' youth detention centre escapees, but in an arguably 'messy' day for the public, police and the media in relation to the way information was released, Hinch says a law needs to be changed ASAP.
Crime does pay: Hinch
HINCH BLOG: "Not only have fun but it’s all at taxpayers’ expense. Holidays paid for. Prostitutes provided. Fines accumulated outside prison wiped off without serving a day extra time. Even collect a pension." Read more.
Geena Davis with Derryn Hinch
WATCH VIDEO: Hollywood actor and Olympian Geena Davis speaks to Derryn Hinch about her life and career.
Mrs 'I Doubt There Was A Fire'
HINCH BLOG: "Asked by a dispassionate but relentless Counsel, Rachel Doyle SC who those people were she couldn't answer. Until a lame 'well, I knew where I was'. It was pathetic." Read Hinch's editorial while listening to 'highlights' from today's hearing.
Hinch v Hulls - the sequel...
UPDATE: You can now listen to the debate uncut. THURSDAY "I tell you, we are banging our heads against a brick wall. And those bricks were piled higher and higher over a decade by Bracks, Brumby and Hulls and their blinkered 'touchy feely government' more interested in the rights of serial rapists and paedophiles than in the rights and safety of your children." Hinch's drum-beat is familiar, but the government still isn't listening.
Do we have a 'boat people' policy?
HINCH: When The Howard Government was in power the Ruddster and others had heaps of suggested solutions but the truth is that so far this year nine boats have arrived, or been intercepted, and their passengers taken to Christmas Island. And the year is only five weeks old." Blog with Hinch.
Derryn Hinch raises the bat!
With Derryn Hinch celebrating a major media milestone on Monday, who better to summarise the 3AW Drive host's career than the 'Human Headline' himself. Read more.
Man on the moon: 40 years on
On the 40th anniversary of man's inaugral trip to the moon, Derryn Hinch opened Thursday's program with a special tribute to that famous hot July day at Cape Kennedy. Click here for the amazing audio montage.
Hinch outs very abusive caller
HOPE YOU DIE! Hinch decides to put to air one of the calls that 'didn't get through'. Listen to it here, if you feel like hearing a LOT of bleeps!
Hinch sends off 'pervin Irvin'
Never one to worry about whether it's too soon to share a less than popular yarn about someone who's just died, Hinch has a couple of yarns about deceased former Lord Mayor Irvin Rockman you won't read in the obituaries.
'3 Amigos' not independent?
HINCH BLOG: "The triumvirate exercising political muscle beyond their wildest dreams to decide not only who will run the Government for the next three years but what sort of government they will run?"
A peaceful (beautiful) protest
VIDEO: A Northcote school teacher was so incensed by the events which led to Julia Gillard ousting Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister of Australia she went to Gillard's post election 'party' to play 'The Dying Swan' on her cello. Here, she re-lives the story
Gillard 'will regret this forever'
HINCH: By 'pulling one on' as they say she virtually turned it into a campaign by two Opposition leaders. She did not have the oomph and power of incumbency that usually translates into votes for a PM.
Why do police take so long?
HINCH: I know in general our Police do a good job. Often a thankless job. And generally I support them. But there’s an issue I have been harping on in recent months and it is not getting any better.
Rooted at Rooty Hill
HINCH BLOG: "The records will show that Julia Gillard lost the ‘battle for Rooty Hill’ in the first minute at the outer Sydney RSL club last night. The venue for the so-called old style town hall meeting." Read Hinch's analysis of the Rooty Hill forum.
You wind some, you lose some
A MIGHTY WIND: The largest wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere will be built in Victoria's South West.
Hinch keeps at pedophiles
HINCH BLOG: I know the Government will say ‘they have to be housed somewhere’ and raise the issue of ‘vigilantes’. But there has never been a vigilante attack in this country and in America thousands of sex offenders have their names, photos and addresses legally posted on websites. Why should these scumbags’ rights exceed yours?
Rudd return pivotal to result?
HINCH BLOG: "While we’re on the subject of resurrections ... Tony Abbott trundled out John Howard last night. Now, he was so unpopular in the end that he not only lost the election to Rudd in 2007, he lost his own seat. So, will Rudd Mark II hurt Abbott?"
What next for Kevin Rudd?
IMAGE HERE: It will be the photo of this 2010 Federal election campaign. A picture of a man that Julia Gillard would like you to believe is The Man who never was.
Maher hits back at News Ltd
THE LATEST: Axed former independent Melbourne Storm director Peter Maher has hit back hit back at today's explosive Deloittes report into the club's salary cap breaches during the 2006-2010 period. Read more here.
Lucky escape after tree fall
LISTEN: Derryn Hinch speaks to a an elderly man who suffered head injuries after a tree crushed his cabin at a caravan park in the state's north east. More here.
Hinch: Not a Happy Birthday
"Name the issues that has filled my inbox with emails more than any other in the past five years? Crime and punishment, probably. Boat people would come close. Especially during an election year. And global warming. Also close to the top of the list?"
Marvin Hamlisch with Hinch
VIDEO: Legendary composer Marvin Hamlisch joined Derryn Hinch in the studio to discuss how he turns emotion into music.
'Your patience extraordinary'
TUNNEL VISION: "Like sheep. Not like voters. And the trains: Six months ago Connex was out and Metro was in. Notice any difference? And look at today. Hundreds of commuters trudge through the underground tunnels when a train broke down."
This will not end well...
The US Supreme Court has virtually thrown out ALL gun control laws in the United States - this is very scary stuff. Listen to Richard Arnold's cross to Derryn Hinch.
Hinch on 'poisonous politics'
BLOG: Most would agree the Rudd government lost its way, the reason Julia Gillard stepped up to lead the country. But when - moreso than how - is the question Hinch investigates. Read more.
Abby 'safe and live!'
FULL COVERAGE: Teenage US sailor Abby Sunderland is safe and in good health after being rescued by the fishing vessel Ile De La Reunion.
Does it get any worse?
Hinch and Phil Johnson discuss the shocking story, and arguably shocking sentence handed out, in relation to a father who pimped his daughter off to his 'truckie mates'. The talkback lines lit up after this one.
Hinch speaks to killer Ince
Hinch speaks to the man he has so viciously slammed over and over again, Mehmt Ince. Read and hear more.
There is more to this story...
Hinch tries to get some answers for his listeners from police on why Graham Gene Potter case has been kept from the public until now.
'You are so beautiful'
CORRECTION: Denis Walter played the wrong version of Hinch singing 'You Are So Beautiful', here's the right (wrong?) one.
Hinch urges common sense
"Surely it is common sense, and in the public’s interest, that when a convicted criminal escapes from custody, any protection like the suppression of his name and photo identity is automatically revoked." Read more of Hinch's scathing report.
Natives restless with Rudd
HINCH BLOG: "Real doctors, not Spin doctors!. And boy was that on the money. It sums up in those five words why our political leaders are on the nose." Read more and hear Kevin Rudd's amazing press conference today.
Are we being hypocrites?
"But how can we protest about them and yet right here at home protected dugongs and sea turtles are being slaughtered in the name of tradition and culture? Even though dugongs are listed under wildlife regulations as being 'vulnerable to extinction'."
VIDEO: Hinch and the moon
3AW's Derryn Hinch, as a US Correspondent in 1969, broadcasts the launch of Apollo 11. Watch the amazing video.
Hinch/Howard - Frost/Nixon
Academy Award-winning Ron Howard goes toe-to-toe with 3AW Drive's Derryn Hinch, a qualified critic of Howard's films given he was in the States covering most of the real-life events the US director has based some of his films on. Howard discusses the inspiration for his latest movie - Frost/Nixon. Read Hinch's review.
Richard Arnold: Profile
Richard Arnold is 3AW's US Correspondent, and can be heard every day on 3AW Drive with Derryn Hinch and also as the chief reporter of all US events for 3AW Radio's news bulletins. Richard began in radio after earning two degrees at Sydney University.
