John Tingle

John Tingle

John Saxon Tingle (born 2 November 1931) is a former Australian politician, journalist and broadcaster, who founded the Shooters Party in New South Wales, and served for eleven years on the New South Wales Legislative Council.Born in Edgecliff, New South Wales, he attended Sydney Boys High School in 1944-49. He was a broadcaster and news editor at Deniliquin from 1949 to 1951 before becoming a journalist for the ABC from 1951 to 1968. During that time he was Supervisor of ABCTV News and Chief of Staff of the ABC News Service, amongst other positions. He switched to commercial radio in 1969 and presented current affairs programmes on stations including 2UE, 2UW, Radio Australia, 2SM 3AW in Melbourne (1996); 4BK Brisbane (1997). before returning to Sydney to 2SM (1978–1982); 2GB; (1982–1992) and 2CH (1992–1995). During his radio career he also presented TV programmes on Channels 7 and 9 in Sydney, ABCTV Queensland/Northern Territory, WIN4 Wollongong and SBS. His 1982 radio documentary on the Polish background of Pope John Paul won a UN Media Peace Prize. He founded the Shooters Party, in 1992 and was its Vice-Chairman until late 2013 when he resigned from the party. Wikipedia

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