The long and controversial story of Alan Jones is about to enter a defining year

In the long and turbulent story of broadcaster Alan Jones, 2026 looms as his defining year.

The former broadcaster wielded huge influence over Australia, and our city, for decades. As subscribers will no doubt recall, Jones’ protected species status came crashing down in December 2023 when the Herald revealed allegations that Jones used his position of power to prey on a number of young men, indecently assaulting them, groping or inappropriately touching them without their consent.

That investigation by the Herald’s chief investigative reporter Kate McClymont sparked the secret creation of Strike Force Bonnefin, run by the State Crime Command’s child abuse and sex crimes squad, which spent the next year examining the former 2GB broadcaster. He was charged in November last year w