Biography

Ray Martin is one of Australia's most enduring and celebrated journalists and television personalities. He has had an extensive and highly decorated career spanning many decades. Ray was one of the founding reporters of the iconic Australian current affairs program "60 Minutes" when it launched on Channel Nine in 1979, alongside George Negus and Ian Leslie. This role cemented his reputation as a serious and insightful journalist. He is one of the most awarded stars in Australian television history, having won the prestigious Gold Logie Award five times (1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996), which is the highest individual honour in Australian television. He also has multiple Silver Logies and other industry awards.
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Physically objected to John Safran interviewing him outside his North Sydney house over the infamous Paxton affair. The irony being the program he hosted, A Current Affair (1971), regularly invaded the privacy of individuals with their stalking and foot-in-the-door journalism.

Dole bludgers. The hundreds of thousands of lazy buggers who sponge off us.

[on Helen Reddy] She rubbed people the wrong way.

[on the Voice to Parliament] The details simply don't matter. They never did matter, honestly. They're irrelevant.

Tony Abbott probably understands more of the shameful reality of these Aboriginal communities than any PM in our history. He's been going out to towns and remote communities for years - often without cameras or fanfare.