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Richard John Sinclair Laws CBE, Lawsie, Golden Tonsils
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(now 76 years old)

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John Laws is a former prominent and controversial radio presenter in Australia.

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  • 1953
    began his radio career at 3BO in Bendigo
    1 !
  • 1957
    joined 2UE
    3 !
  • 1998
    had a short-lived current affairs TV program called "Laws" on Fox News
    2 !
  • 1999
    ABC TV current affairs program Media Watch revealed that Laws and rival talk-back host Alan Jones (then also at 2UE) had been paid to give favourable comment to companies including Qantas, Optus, Foxtel, Mirvac, Telstra and major Australian banks, without disclosing this arrangement to listeners
    -6 !
  • 2003
    apologised for another incident in which he called gay TV personality Carson Kressley, of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy fame, a 'pillow-biter' and a 'pompous little pansy prig'.
    -3 !
  • 2004
    both Jones (now at 2GB) and Laws were accused of cash for comment again, after entering into similar deals with Telstra
    -3 !
  • 2004
    November 1: found guilty of vilifying homosexuals after an on-air discussion about a gay couple appearing in the reality TV show The Block. He described the gay couple as "grubby" and "poofs"
    -3 !
  • 2007
    March 1: began treatment for manic depression
    -1 !
  • 2007
    June 25: announced that he would retire from radio
    0 !
  • 2007
    August 1: embroiled in controversy after suggesting on-air that "Chinese drivers are probably the worst drivers on the face of the earth." Despite such comments, he denied that he was a racist
    -3 !
  • 2007
    October 1: West Coast Eagles player Adam Selwood commenced legal proceedings against Laws over comments made about him regarding a mid-year incident involving Fremantle Dockers player Des Headland
    -2 !
  • 2007
    December 1: during a long alcohol-fuelled lunch at Sydney's Otto Ristorante he called rival broadcasters Derryn Hinch and Bob Rogers 'the two most despicable c--ts' he'd ever met in the industry
    -3 !

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