Ron Casey (Sydney broadcaster)
- Ron Casey (Sydney broadcaster)
Ron Casey (born 11 July 1929) is a former television presenter and talk-back radio host based in Sydney, Australia.[cite web |url=http://www.overnighters.com.au/OB060705B_15.pdf |title=On This Day |accessdate=2008-01-25 |last=McGowan |first=Keith |authorlink=Keith McGowan |date=2006-07-11 |format=PDF |work=Overnighters |publisher="Melbourne Observer" ] ]Born in Lismore, New South Wales, Ron Casey is sometimes affectionately referred to as "Won Casey" owing to the broadcaster having a speech impediment causing difficulty pronouncing the letter "r". He worked as a sports presenter at TCN-9, and as a talk-back radio host at Sydney radio stations 2KY and 2GB.
Controversy
Casey was a vocal campaigner against Asian immigration to Australia. Said Casey:
"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. Professor Blainey spoke out and lost his job. John Howard spoke out and was dumped as opposition leader. Bruce Ruxton spoke out and was labelled a racist looney."[cite book |last=Hage |first=Ghassan |authorlink= |title=White Nation: Fantasies of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society |origdate= |origyear=2000 |origmonth= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=t6SqxrAZp_IC&cad=0 |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Routledge |location= |language= |isbn=0415929237 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages= |chapter= |chapterurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=t6SqxrAZp_IC&pg=PA220&lpg=PA220&dq=%22john+howard%22+%22geoffrey+blainey%22&source=web&ots=YjpaD5NPuG&sig=80v72FWeVO1pORmK85Y4kpvqvPY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA220,M1 ] ]
In 1991, Ron Casey was involved in a live on-air brawl with singer Normie Rowe on the Nine Network's "Midday" television show hosted by Ray Martin. Victorian RSL chief, Bruce Ruxton, who was on the set at the time of the brawl, said the next day: "As for Ron Casey, he deserved a good punch in the nose."[cite book |last=Blair |first=Anne |authorlink= |title=Ruxton: A Biography |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7JjEY83NUikC&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=%22bruce+ruxton%22+%22normie+rowe%22&source=web&ots=N7Pa8m-rKF&sig=8KMa466LwVDBfpryexj3yHAoEeI#PPA189,M1 |accessdate=2008-01-25 |year=2004 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |isbn=1741142229 |pages=188-189 ] ]In May 2000, Casey was suspended from radio station 2GB as a result of inappropriate comments he made on-air.
References
ee also
*Ron Casey (Melbourne broadcaster)
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