A Liberal MP has unpacked how Labor and its tobacco tax excise have sent smokers into the arms of organised crime. Listen to more highlights from Sydney Now below Image: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
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If it’s happening “right now” in Sydney, you’ll hear it on Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard.
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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One Nation’s Hollie Hughes has claimed Labor has walked away from its voters. Her comments come after Chris Minns said a coalition with the Nationals, Liberals and One Nation would be a “Frankenstein monster”. “It just shows how Labor has completely lost touch with its base,” she said. Listen to more highlights from Sydney Now […]
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‘Don’t believe them’ – Why Clinton says politicians can’t be trusted
There has been outrage following the news that one of the ISIS brides was allowed bail. It’s left 2GB Sydney Now host Clinton Maynard to say we can’t trust our politicians. “Tony Burke might as well have been at the airport and given them a cuddle, because the full force of the law is a wet […]
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‘This is alarming’ – Healthcare workers to hold pro-Palestine protest
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