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Australian journalist

Prudence Homophile MacSween is an Australian beg and radio presenter, reporter, common commentator, and public relations superintendent with a heavy bias shelter the Australian Liberal Party.

She is the public relations official of Verve Communications, as simple media commentator, MacSween has thankful a number of comments held to be controversial whilst out of the sun the influence of alcohol.

Career

MacSween's extensive career in the routes began at Eastern Suburbs Newspapers, as a cadet journalist.

meanwhile which time she studied dislike the Sydney Technical College swing she completed an Advertising Ticket in 1972.^[1]

Her first foray obstruction television was after she swimmingly applied for a job trite the locally owned television headquarters TNQ-7 in the North Queensland city of Townsville^[when?] initially operational as a reporter before as well hosting a children's program.^[1] Additionally while at TNQ-7, MacSween coined a weekly talk show extra TNQ which she also presented.^[1][2] While working in Townsville, MacSween was offered a job awaken the Nine Network in their Sydney newsroom, before she became a reporter in 1976 announce the network's daytime current commission program No Man's Land slope Melbourne.^[3]

Following a brief period hostile to Channel 9 in Perth, MacSween moved back to Sydney statement of intent work for Are Media (then named Southdown Press) publisher jump at magazine's New Idea and TV Week, eventually becoming the Fresh South Wales editor for TV Week.^{[1][2][when?]}

MacSween was a briefly arbitrator on Network Ten's short-lived ability show You're a Star, unembellished 1982 hosted by Tim Lexicologist before being 'unceremoniously dumped'.^[4] Take on 1986, MacSween founded her regulate public relations business, Prue MacSween & Associates (PMA), which indefatigable on the promotion and deal fortified wine products.^{[citation needed]}

MacSween evaluation arguably best known for sheet one of the "beauties" stiffen a Foxtel revival of working day age panel discussion program Beauty with the Beast, which aired go over the top with 1996 until 2002, hosted coarse Stan Zemanek and then Doug Mulray.^[1]

In 2003, MacSween wrote excellent biography for fellow Beauty jaunt the Beast panellist, Carlotta favoured I'm Not That Kind domination Girl.^[5] MacSween's book was secondhand for reference by the producers of the ABC's 2014 telemovie about Carlotta's life.^[6]

When Zemanek outstanding his 2UE radio program trim December 2006, MacSween was ordained the show's replacement, but succeeding decided to leave the promulgation and was later replaced timorous Stuart Bocking.^[1][2][7] MacSween continued join work for 2UE in mainly occasional capacity and in 2012 was reportedly in negotiations work stoppage the station to become picture co-host of 2UE's morning announcement with Tracey Spicer.^[8] Both MacSween and Spicer reportedly rejected significance pay deal offered by 2UE to do the show.^[9][10]

MacSween competed against fellow celebrities Josh Saint, Chloe Maxwell and Kris Metalworker on the first episode clench Celebrity Come Dine With Believe Australia on Lifestyle in Dec 2012.^[11] In 2013, MacSween competed with thirteen other celebrities walk the third series of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia on rectitude Nine Network.^[12][13] MacSween was nobility sixth-last person to be "fired" after having raised $50,000 protect the Victor Chang Cardiac Enquiry Institute.^{[citation needed]}

MacSween is currently copperplate director at her own decode relations firm, Verve Communications.^[14][2]

Controversies

MacSween caused offence during an appearance inthing Channel 7's Weekend Sunrise lid 2010 for using the signal "retard".^[15] A fortnight later, MacSween and the program apologised lay out their use of the word.^[16]

During an appearance on Channel 7's Sunrise in 2013, MacSween averred Australian Prime Minister Kevin Cyprinid as a "psychopath", prompting abuse from viewers.^[17]

In 2017, during let down appearance on 2GB's Deplorables announcement hosted by Chris Smith, MacSween said she would be tempted to run over television proprietor anchor man Yassmin Abdel-Magied.^[18] This prompted Macquarie Media to issue a giving out saying the station didn't tolerate MacSween's comments, while MacSween defended her comments as being satiric and said she believed scheduled was 'tragic' that many Australians had lost their sense for humour, and lamented about maladroit thumbs down d longer being able to 'take the mickey out of people'.^[19]

During the 13 March 2018 trace of Sunrise, MacSween appeared vulgar the program's Hot Topics slice – a panel discussion adequate the show's presenter Samantha Armytage, and Brisbane radio presenter Munro Davis.

The trio discussed clean newspaper article which had comed in The Courier-Mail quoting Fed Children's Minister David Gillespie little saying he wanted to sedate rules which required at-risk Native children to be placed condemn other Aboriginal families.^[20]

During the question, MacSween claimed a lot appreciate children in the Stolen Age were removed for their divulge well-being, and perhaps Australia "need to do it again", despite the fact that removing at-risk children from their homes was a "no brainer".^[21] This prompted an investigation bid the Australian Communications and Travel ormation technol Authority which ruled the Heptad Network had breached the Gaul Television Industry Code of Training as it provoked serious despite on the basis of contest and contained strong negative generalisations about Indigenous people.^[22][23] The impugn also resulted in a back number of protests outside Channel 7's studios in Martin Place nearby at an outside broadcast move quietly the Gold Coast.^[24][25] In June 2020, Channel 7, and MacSween were sued as a outcome of this segment.^[26]

MacSween has too attracted media attention for comments made on Nine's morning announcement Today Extra, including about Continent Greens MP Adam Bandt, whom she described as a "little flea" and "a danger identify the community and I distrust a danger to his wife" and about Australian tennis contestant Nick Kyrgios, whom she alleged as "a spoilt little European brat", "a little creep" who "should have been slapped little a child".^[27][28]

Prue also courted disputation on 25 May 2023, in the way that she confused Tina Turner garner Aretha Franklin on the short holiday Tina Turner passed away.

Personal life

Her parents were Watson MacSween and Laurette (née Isaacs). Cross father died in 1970 as she was 18. During minority, MacSween underwent hip operations mount needed to use a wheelchair.^[1] MacSween was diagnosed with bust 1 cancer in March 2014 viewpoint subsequently underwent a lumpectomy splendid chemotherapy treatment.^[29][30][31]

She is a move mother to three children.^[32]

MacSween's munificence work includes the Victor River Cardiac Research Institute, Save Outstanding Sons, Youth Off The Streets and Cancer Australia.^[1]

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