Jones sprays Tweed mayor
SYDNEY broadcaster Alan Jones has taken an extraordinary swipe at greenleaning Tweed Shire boss Katie Milne after learning of her “save the planet’’ mayoral acceptance speech.
The shock jock told listeners of his highrating radio show that Cr Milne must be “smoking something” and to “crawl back into the hole” after she urged society to focus on “ensuring the wonderful sustainable future”. Cr Milne did not respond to
Bulletin approaches for comment yesterday.
TWEED Shire Mayor Katie Milne has come in for scathing criticism by influential Sydney radio host Alan Jones who said she must be “smoking something”.
Jones’s comments came after hearing about Cr Milne’s “save the planet’’ mayoral acceptance speech last month.
Speaking yesterday on the highest-rating breakfast radio show in Sydney, Jones said Cr Milne should “crawl back into the hole”.
Cr Milne did not respond to approaches yesterday by the Bulletin for her to comment.
Jones recently lost a $3.7 million defamation lawsuit brought against him by a Toowoomba family, the Wagners, who own a quarry that Jones claimed caused 12 deaths in the 2011 Grantham flood disaster.
Talking about Cr Milne and the Tweed council yesterday, Jones said perhaps he was stupid because he thought councils were supposed to fix roads, deal with rubbish and organise community events.
“She is smoking something,” he said.
“God help us. The woman is Katie Milne.
“Katie, just crawl back into the hole will you?
“It is just another example of council lunacy.”
Jones also mentioned the Byron Shire Council’s recent decision not to celebrate Australia Day on January 26.
“Two councils you can give the boot to,” he said.
Cr Milne was re-elected mayor with a 4-3 vote last month thanks to support from her left-leaning councillors.
“In light of scientific warnings that if global warming is to be limited to between 1.5 and 2 degrees by 2100 that emissions must peak before 2020, and then rapidly decline, we must all make this the focus of efforts at this point in our history,” Cr Milne said in her acceptance speech.
“All levels of government, the community and the media must rise to this challenge that is upon us right now, and play our utmost part in ensuring the wonderful sustainable future that we know we can achieve if we all pull together.”