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Ron Casey (Sydney broadcaster)

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322:, said that his organisation was not a platform for vindictiveness or exaggerated allegations... not to create a marketplace for exaggerated or imagined allegations against men. And I think Justice Marcus Einfeld is right on the button. So many of these cases ... they are ugly girls ... but I've always found whenever I've worked at various radio stations before getting the sack, that if you are nice to ugly girls, it sort of helps them—it boosts their day—it makes them feel good. And I've always made a practice wherever I work, of selecting the ugliest girls and as they walk by, give them a backhand pelvic flick." 227:"The conspiracy exists among prominent politicians to stifle any debate on the immigration issue, and among ethnic leaders in the community to diffuse any opposition to unlimited Asian immigration. The facts are plain to see. The majority of Australians are against it, but nothing is done to ensure their wishes are fulfilled. I spoke out and was vilified. 310:
after saying that Aboriginal Australians were "disadvantaged because they won’t get off their black arses and do some work". It was Casey's third suspension from the station, and the fourth time he had made racist comments on-air. Soon after, he retired from the Sydney media after a career that
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made news around the world when Irving said on air that between one and four million Jews had died in concentration camps—a figure far higher than Irving had ever conceded in the past or since, although he qualified this estimate by saying that barbarity and disease had caused the deaths.
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Although Casey was a successful sports media figure, he later stirred controversy as an often "politically incorrect" talk-back radio host, famous for his quick temper. He was suspended on several occasions during his career for offensive remarks made on radio.
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Casey married twice, first in 1954 and had two daughters; and again in 1966 to Renate Langkusch with whom he had a son and a daughter. He had numerous health problems in his eighties, including a quadruple heart bypass, several strokes and bladder cancer.
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In 1944, Casey was a New South Wales state swimming champion, and he went on to work for thirteen years as a professional swimming coach at
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said that he had re-hired Casey due to the loss of ratings and revenue, but also for his support for the labour movement and the
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on 5 July 1929, but moved to Sydney with his mother, Nellie Thorne, and brother, John Francis Casey, and settled at
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during which Rowe pushed Casey into his chair, and Casey retaliated by punching Rowe in the face. The
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The Hidden Gender of Law 391-92 (Regina Graycar & Jennifer Morgan, eds. 1990) (quoting Casey)
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On 16 July 1991, Casey was involved in a sensational incident on national television. During a
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He also openly admitted to routinely harassing women. On his show, he said, "Yesterday,
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in 1948. He became well known in the early years of television as a sports presenter on
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Telling lies about Hitler : the Holocaust, history and the David Irving trial
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after describing Asians on-air as "little bastards". The station's owner, the
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In July 1995, Casey's interview with English author and Holocaust denier
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White Nation: Fantasies of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society
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In the 1980s, Casey became a vocal campaigner against increasing
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In May 2000, Casey was suspended from radio station
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although he denied he was ever a racist. Said Casey:
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Ron Casey (Melbourne broadcaster)
Ron Casey
OAM
Lismore, New South Wales
Sydney
New South Wales
OAM
talk-back
Lismore, New South Wales
Coogee, New South Wales
North Sydney Olympic Pool
1956 Melbourne Olympics
2KY
Frank Hyde
TCN
Nine Network
TEN-10
2KY
2SM
2GB
The Daily Mirror
Asian immigration to Australia
Professor Blainey
John Howard
Bruce Ruxton
2KY
Labor Council of New South Wales
John MacBean
Australian Labor Party
republican

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