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Face the facts, an Australian icon is under threat

Richard Glover Broadcaster and columnist September 20, 2025 — 5.30am

“The Hills Hoist is a New Zealand invention.” That’s what they said on a recent episode of a favourite podcast of mine, What Did You Do Yesterday? . Naturally, I wanted to send a sternly worded email: “Not theirs. Ours.”

There was no excuse for the error. One of the presenters is Max Rushden. He’s English but lives in Melbourne. The other is David O’Doherty. He’s Irish but is a regular at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Their guest was the wonderful Sara Pascoe, English but married to an Australian and mother to two half-Australian children.

Rushden, clearly, should have his visa revoked. No punishment is too severe. O’Doherty need

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