The legendary songwriter behind Cold Chisel’s iconic songs has opened up to Clinton Maynard about the release of his new solo album Love Songs. Don Walker revealed some of the songs were written over 20 years ago and shared why the record has a country tone woven throughout. “I have [worked] with the same guys broadly […]
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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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The legendary songwriter behind Cold Chisel’s iconic songs has opened up to Clinton Maynard about the release of his new solo album Love Songs. Don Walker revealed some of the songs were written over 20 years ago and shared why the record has a country tone woven throughout. “I have [worked] with the same guys broadly […]
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‘They don’t care’ – The latest incident proving our politicians are out of touch
Clinton Maynard has been left furious after it was revealed during a cost-of-living crisis that Australia’s federal politicians spent thousands of taxpayers’ money to fly their family members to watch them in action during the week of the Budget. He says they do not understand what the everyday Australian is experiencing. “They’re so out of […]
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Clinton Maynard has called out the recent rebranding by the Sutherland Shire after he and a Word on the Street emailer noticed they had hidden their official logo, Captain Cook. The Sydney Now host says an official statement by the council has led him to infer they’re ashamed of Australia’s, and theirs, history. “You can’t […]
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