AFL legend and former Australian of the Year Neale Daniher has sadly passed away at age 65 after a 13-year fight with Motor Neurone Disease. Following his passing, the Daniher family released a statement encapsulating his final, powerful wish – to help create a world where no one else has to face the terror of […]
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From the very latest live & local news and hard-hitting opinions, to sport, weather, traffic and entertainment – Clinton will have you covered for your drive home.
Clinton Maynard boasts a three-decade-long career in talk radio, having held senior positions in journalism, management and broadcasting.
He has been on the road covering some of the biggest stories of recent years, including the COVID pandemic (attending more than 180 press conferences), the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the Boxing Day Tsunami, Shapelle Corby’s sentence, the arrest of the Bali Nine, the rescue of the Beaconsfield Miners, the Paris and London Olympic games, as well as countless floods, fires and protests.
Clinton has won four Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) including the Brian White Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2022, 2023 and 2024. He has also won a Kennedy Award and been a Walkley Award finalist.
As a broadcaster, he has hosted News Talk programs on 2UE, Macquarie Sports Radio and 2GB, where most recently he was the Weekday Overnights host and the regular fill-in presenter on 2GB Drive.
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AFL legend and former Australian of the Year Neale Daniher has sadly passed away at age 65 after a 13-year fight with Motor Neurone Disease. Following his passing, the Daniher family released a statement encapsulating his final, powerful wish – to help create a world where no one else has to face the terror of […]
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