Show Notes
Before he was a household name, Derryn Hinch went to jail. In 1987 he was sentenced to 12 days for contempt of court — not for a crime against anyone, but for naming a paedophile priest the church kept moving from parish to parish.
Following Hinch's death this week, his 3AW anchorman and 42-year friend Craig Willis joins Luke Bona to tell the story behind the headline: the principle Hinch never backed down from, the management who wanted him censored on live radio, and the friendship that outlasted five decades in an industry that sacked him more times than either of them can count.
⚠ This conversation includes discussion of historical child sexual abuse and a paedophile priest's conviction, discussed factually and without graphic detail. Listener discretion advised.
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No censors. No apologies. This is Bonafide with Luke Bona.
00:00 Cold Open: Remembering Derryn Hinch 01:51 Craig Willis Joins Luke to Remember an Old Friend 02:21 How a Newsroom Job Became a 42-Year Friendship 03:33 "Show Me a Man With a Good Voice…" — Their First Meeting 03:53 The 40th Birthday All-Nighter 05:23 Hearing the News: Why It Still Came as a Shock 06:22 Apollo 11, New York and a Career in Journalism 07:39 The John Laws Rivalry 08:48 Why Hinch Went to Jail — Naming a Pedophile Priest 11:23 The Bob Rogers Pub Story (and the Apology Letter) 13:42 The Dump Button: His Defiant Last Day on Air 16:16 The Interview Prunella Scales Almost Walked Out Of 19:13 Chuck Yeager's Signed Book: "Keep Flying" 20:29 Jacki Weaver — Married Twice 22:37 The Liver Transplant Controversy 23:42 "That's Life": Revolutionising Australian Radio 26:32 How Should Australia Remember Him?
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