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Channel Nine presenter Penny Spence dies leaving behind lasting legacy in television industry
Television news pioneer Penny Spence has died at the age of 83. Spence was a pioneer in her industry with her status growing from the late 1960s. She was one of the first women to read television news on Channel Nine in Australia. The journalist presented the afternoon news for TCN9 in New South Wales with the renowned Brian Henderson presenting the evening bulletin. Spence died earlier this month, with The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) confirming the sad news on social media. 'We're saddened to hear of the passing of Penny Spence, a trailblazer in Australian television,' the statement read. 'Spence was part of a pioneering group of women who were the first women to read television news in Australia.' Spence was the first wife of legendary Channel Nine musical director Geoff Harvey. They had two daughters, Eugenie and Charlotte. Harvey died in 2019, aged 83. Spence worked across an array of roles at Nine as she fronted a women's current affairs programme and presented the weather, all while making herself a familiar face across NSW. She became a major force behind the cameras, establishing children's programs at the network. In 1969 she received a Logie Award for Most Popular Female Personality in NSW. Her success expanded globally, serving as Executive Producer of the European Broadcasting Union's children's unit. Spence managed the popular 1985 Ray Meagher mini-series Colour in the Creek. Her legacy lives on through an array of produced work archived by the NFSA. This included The Water Trolley (1988), which was nominated for an International Emmy, along with Shipmates (1987), Sovereign Hill (1990), and Hinkler: The Aviator (1990).
7NEWS
2 hours ago
- 7NEWS
Prince Harry retraces Princess Diana's steps in Angola minefield to boost landmine-clearing mission
Prince Harry has retraced his mother Princess Diana's footsteps by walking through an active minefield in Angola in a bid to raise awareness of a landmine-clearing mission A photo of the Duke of Sussex taken while partnering with mine-clearing charity the Halo Trust on July 16, bears a striking similarity to one taken of the late Princess Diana nearly three decades before. Harry left wife Meghan and their children at home, preferring to travel solo for the trip which comes amid attempts to de-escalate an explosive feud within the royal family. Earlier this week senior aides for King Charles and Prince Harry were seen meeting for a surprise peace summit that aims to open the lines of communication between the estranged father and son. Prince William, however, was notably absent. Prince Harry touched down at Luanda airport before flying by a series of small two-seater planes to reach the remote site littered with landmines. The visit marks his latest outing with Halo, the British charity Princess Diana famously supported in 1997 during her own walk through a mine-ridden field in Huambo, which became one of the most iconic images of her humanitarian work. This time, Prince Harry is hoping his visit will serve more than symbolic value. The Duke is pushing for renewed government support to help Halo meet its ambitious target of clearing all landmines in Angola by 2025. The country — still recovering from a 27-year civil war that left millions of explosive devices buried across the landscape — pledged £46 million ($AUD95 million) for wildlife corridor creation when Prince Harry became Halo's patron in 2019. 'The Duke of Sussex hopes the publicity from the daring stunt will encourage the Angolan government to make more donations to Halo,' a source told The Sun. Since 1994, Halo has cleared more than 123,000 mines in Angola, working to transform former war zones into viable farmland and safe villages. Prince Harry previously recreated his mother's iconic photo in 2010, walking through a minefield with Halo workers. While Meghan Markle did not join him this time, sources suggest Prince Harry prefers to keep his work with Halo under the radar. 'Harry hopes to keep his work with Halo close to his chest', one source reportedly said, adding that his solo tour may be a tactical shift to draw focus away from royal family tensions. Still, the visit is generating headlines globally, with the imagery of Prince Harry on the minefield again commanding attention. It's also part of a broader engagement with the African nation: he visited in 2019, became a Halo patron, attended a UN event with Angola's foreign minister in 2024, and has toured the country's newly cleared minefields, detonated landmines, and spent nights camping along the Cuito River. He has also visited the Princess Diana Orthopaedic Centre, met with female deminers, and toured a demining camp. Prince Harry is expected to give a speech on Thursday but, in a telling move, the event is closed to British media. Halo reportedly made the decision with Prince Harry's approval. Meanwhile, signs of a thaw between the Duke and the palace are emerging after the private meeting between senior aides to the King and members of Prince Harry's Archewell communications team at the exclusive Royal Over-Seas League club, not far from Buckingham Palace. Prince Harry was not present but is said to have 'given his blessing' for the talks. The King and Queen's director of communications, Tobyn Andreae, met with Archewell's chief communications officer, Meredith Maines, and its UK and Europe comms lead, Liam Maguire. 'They spoke about potential ways to end their family conflict, though a proposal for Harry to make a royal return was not on the agenda,' a source said. The palace is understood to have approved the meeting as part of a broader push to 'open a channel of communication', but Prince William's office was notably absent from the discussion. 'There was no contact between Harry's team and one working for William and Kate — or any invitation for face-to-face meetings,' the source added.
The Advertiser
3 hours ago
- The Advertiser
Addicted to watching reels on your phone? Blame it on your biology
New releases include police procedural Broke Road by Matthew Spencer and Super Stimulated by Nicklas Brendborg. Nicklas Brendborg. Hodder Press. $32.99. Are you addicted to your smartphone? Specifically, to social media or perhaps those endless videos so engaging that you just can't help scrolling? What about those sugary doughnuts? Brendborg engagingly explains the science behind how we are being hacked by companies that want us to eat their empty-calorie junk food and watch their mindless videos. We are, it seems, being played for fools, obese, lonely, depressed and anxious as a society because our biology is being manipulated. Scariest quote? An inventor of the Like button: "I find myself getting addicted - yes, in some cases to the very things I've built." Jeff Apter. Echo Publishing. $34.99. American promoter Lee Gordon had an extraordinary impact on post-war Australia. Arriving in Sydney in 1953, Gordon transformed show business by bringing hundreds of international stars, such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Buddy Holly, to Australian audiences. He was a friend to rocker Johnny O'Keefe, opened the nation's first drive-in restaurant and introduced roller derby. Gordon's bold approach and larger-than-life persona - he once had a coffin in his living room - helped to lay the foundations for the modern entertainment industry. He paved the way for showbiz names such as Harry M. Miller, Michael Gudinski and Michael Chugg. Katherine Biber. Scribner. $36.99. On January 18, 1901, when the Australian Federation was 17 days old, Wiradjuri man Jimmy Governor was hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol. Governor and his brother Joe murdered nine people in NSW - killings triggered, he said, by racial taunts towards his white wife. In the ensuing manhunt, Joe was killed near Singleton. Jimmy was caught near Wingham. Legal scholar Katherine Biber's detailed research was guided in part by Governor's descendants. Biber reconstructs events, explores attitudes of the time and aims "to see how law, politics, science and religion - but especially law - made modern Australia in the wake of the Governor brothers". Jaap de Roode. NewSouth Books. $44.99. Why do dogs eat grass? An explanation is in this book, which is a journey through the many ingenious ways that animals find and use medicine, from apes that swallow certain leaves whole to kill parasites to elephants that eat clay and sparrows that cleverly use discarded cigarette butts to protect their nests from blood-sucking mites. Scientist Jaap de Roode demonstrates that observing animals can provide more than a few clues for healing humans. He also argues that we can help our animals by repairing damage we have done to the environment, starting with the "biodiversity deserts" that are lawns. Pip Smith. UWA Publishing. $26.99. In December 2010, more than 50 asylum seekers died when a rickety Indonesian fishing boat, the Janga, known as Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel-221 or SIEV-221, crashed against rocks and sank off Christmas Island. The footage of the unfolding tragedy shocked the world. This poignant novel for young adults explores the horror, heartbreak and humanity of the tragedy through the experiences of a 13-year-old Australian girl living on Christmas Island. As Coralie throws lifejackets to people on the boat that has crashed into the cliffs she locks eyes on 11-year-old Iranian boy Ali who soon disappears beneath the waves. She resolves to find him. Matthew Spencer. Allen & Unwin. $34.99. From its clever opening line, this police procedural leads you with compelling precision through an increasingly suspenseful murder investigation in the fictional village of Red Creek located between the authentically drawn (and very non-fictional) hardscrabble town of Cessnock and the luxurious cellar doors, lush golf resorts and other tourist traps of Hunter Valley wine country. Homicide detective sergeant Rose Riley and journalist-turned-crime author Adam Bowman, first introduced in journalist-turned-crime author Matthew Spencer's 2023 debut novel Black River, make an engagingly reluctant double act probing the suspiciously staged murder of a young woman in a townhouse in a new residential estate. A Forbidden Alchemy Stacey McEwan. Simon & Schuster. $34.99. TikTok sensation and Australian fantasy novelist Stacey McEwan creates a rich new world in her newest dystopian series. This slow-burn adventure follows Nina Harrow as she tries to escape her mining town upbringing in dazzling Belavere City. Nina is desperate to become an "Artisan", wielding magical powers to fulfill the city's grand ambitions. But when a violent revolution comes, she faces an impossible choice. Expect political intrigue, suspense and romance, plus a few heart-stopping moments. McEwan, who was raised on the Gold Coast, has said her love for period dramas and World War I inspired the world of Belavere City. Jessica Dettmann. Atlantic Books Australia. $32.99. The fourth novel by Jessica Dettmann is billed as a witty heartwarmer for "every woman who has looked up and wondered where the past decade or two has gone, and whether she's made the right choices in the juggle of family, work and life". When Margot receives an email from friend Tess, it comes as a shock. Tess, the English backpacker Margot met in Sydney but never ended up travelling across Europe with because love and life got in the way, died 20 years ago. Now Tess is giving her the means to have that adventure but is Margot ready for her second chance? New releases include police procedural Broke Road by Matthew Spencer and Super Stimulated by Nicklas Brendborg. Nicklas Brendborg. Hodder Press. $32.99. Are you addicted to your smartphone? Specifically, to social media or perhaps those endless videos so engaging that you just can't help scrolling? What about those sugary doughnuts? Brendborg engagingly explains the science behind how we are being hacked by companies that want us to eat their empty-calorie junk food and watch their mindless videos. We are, it seems, being played for fools, obese, lonely, depressed and anxious as a society because our biology is being manipulated. Scariest quote? An inventor of the Like button: "I find myself getting addicted - yes, in some cases to the very things I've built." Jeff Apter. Echo Publishing. $34.99. American promoter Lee Gordon had an extraordinary impact on post-war Australia. Arriving in Sydney in 1953, Gordon transformed show business by bringing hundreds of international stars, such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Buddy Holly, to Australian audiences. He was a friend to rocker Johnny O'Keefe, opened the nation's first drive-in restaurant and introduced roller derby. Gordon's bold approach and larger-than-life persona - he once had a coffin in his living room - helped to lay the foundations for the modern entertainment industry. He paved the way for showbiz names such as Harry M. Miller, Michael Gudinski and Michael Chugg. Katherine Biber. Scribner. $36.99. On January 18, 1901, when the Australian Federation was 17 days old, Wiradjuri man Jimmy Governor was hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol. Governor and his brother Joe murdered nine people in NSW - killings triggered, he said, by racial taunts towards his white wife. In the ensuing manhunt, Joe was killed near Singleton. Jimmy was caught near Wingham. Legal scholar Katherine Biber's detailed research was guided in part by Governor's descendants. Biber reconstructs events, explores attitudes of the time and aims "to see how law, politics, science and religion - but especially law - made modern Australia in the wake of the Governor brothers". Jaap de Roode. NewSouth Books. $44.99. Why do dogs eat grass? An explanation is in this book, which is a journey through the many ingenious ways that animals find and use medicine, from apes that swallow certain leaves whole to kill parasites to elephants that eat clay and sparrows that cleverly use discarded cigarette butts to protect their nests from blood-sucking mites. Scientist Jaap de Roode demonstrates that observing animals can provide more than a few clues for healing humans. He also argues that we can help our animals by repairing damage we have done to the environment, starting with the "biodiversity deserts" that are lawns. Pip Smith. UWA Publishing. $26.99. In December 2010, more than 50 asylum seekers died when a rickety Indonesian fishing boat, the Janga, known as Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel-221 or SIEV-221, crashed against rocks and sank off Christmas Island. The footage of the unfolding tragedy shocked the world. This poignant novel for young adults explores the horror, heartbreak and humanity of the tragedy through the experiences of a 13-year-old Australian girl living on Christmas Island. As Coralie throws lifejackets to people on the boat that has crashed into the cliffs she locks eyes on 11-year-old Iranian boy Ali who soon disappears beneath the waves. She resolves to find him. Matthew Spencer. Allen & Unwin. $34.99. From its clever opening line, this police procedural leads you with compelling precision through an increasingly suspenseful murder investigation in the fictional village of Red Creek located between the authentically drawn (and very non-fictional) hardscrabble town of Cessnock and the luxurious cellar doors, lush golf resorts and other tourist traps of Hunter Valley wine country. Homicide detective sergeant Rose Riley and journalist-turned-crime author Adam Bowman, first introduced in journalist-turned-crime author Matthew Spencer's 2023 debut novel Black River, make an engagingly reluctant double act probing the suspiciously staged murder of a young woman in a townhouse in a new residential estate. A Forbidden Alchemy Stacey McEwan. Simon & Schuster. $34.99. TikTok sensation and Australian fantasy novelist Stacey McEwan creates a rich new world in her newest dystopian series. This slow-burn adventure follows Nina Harrow as she tries to escape her mining town upbringing in dazzling Belavere City. Nina is desperate to become an "Artisan", wielding magical powers to fulfill the city's grand ambitions. But when a violent revolution comes, she faces an impossible choice. Expect political intrigue, suspense and romance, plus a few heart-stopping moments. McEwan, who was raised on the Gold Coast, has said her love for period dramas and World War I inspired the world of Belavere City. Jessica Dettmann. Atlantic Books Australia. $32.99. The fourth novel by Jessica Dettmann is billed as a witty heartwarmer for "every woman who has looked up and wondered where the past decade or two has gone, and whether she's made the right choices in the juggle of family, work and life". When Margot receives an email from friend Tess, it comes as a shock. Tess, the English backpacker Margot met in Sydney but never ended up travelling across Europe with because love and life got in the way, died 20 years ago. Now Tess is giving her the means to have that adventure but is Margot ready for her second chance? New releases include police procedural Broke Road by Matthew Spencer and Super Stimulated by Nicklas Brendborg. Nicklas Brendborg. Hodder Press. $32.99. Are you addicted to your smartphone? Specifically, to social media or perhaps those endless videos so engaging that you just can't help scrolling? What about those sugary doughnuts? Brendborg engagingly explains the science behind how we are being hacked by companies that want us to eat their empty-calorie junk food and watch their mindless videos. We are, it seems, being played for fools, obese, lonely, depressed and anxious as a society because our biology is being manipulated. Scariest quote? An inventor of the Like button: "I find myself getting addicted - yes, in some cases to the very things I've built." Jeff Apter. Echo Publishing. $34.99. American promoter Lee Gordon had an extraordinary impact on post-war Australia. Arriving in Sydney in 1953, Gordon transformed show business by bringing hundreds of international stars, such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Buddy Holly, to Australian audiences. He was a friend to rocker Johnny O'Keefe, opened the nation's first drive-in restaurant and introduced roller derby. Gordon's bold approach and larger-than-life persona - he once had a coffin in his living room - helped to lay the foundations for the modern entertainment industry. He paved the way for showbiz names such as Harry M. Miller, Michael Gudinski and Michael Chugg. Katherine Biber. Scribner. $36.99. On January 18, 1901, when the Australian Federation was 17 days old, Wiradjuri man Jimmy Governor was hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol. Governor and his brother Joe murdered nine people in NSW - killings triggered, he said, by racial taunts towards his white wife. In the ensuing manhunt, Joe was killed near Singleton. Jimmy was caught near Wingham. Legal scholar Katherine Biber's detailed research was guided in part by Governor's descendants. Biber reconstructs events, explores attitudes of the time and aims "to see how law, politics, science and religion - but especially law - made modern Australia in the wake of the Governor brothers". Jaap de Roode. NewSouth Books. $44.99. Why do dogs eat grass? An explanation is in this book, which is a journey through the many ingenious ways that animals find and use medicine, from apes that swallow certain leaves whole to kill parasites to elephants that eat clay and sparrows that cleverly use discarded cigarette butts to protect their nests from blood-sucking mites. Scientist Jaap de Roode demonstrates that observing animals can provide more than a few clues for healing humans. He also argues that we can help our animals by repairing damage we have done to the environment, starting with the "biodiversity deserts" that are lawns. Pip Smith. UWA Publishing. $26.99. In December 2010, more than 50 asylum seekers died when a rickety Indonesian fishing boat, the Janga, known as Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel-221 or SIEV-221, crashed against rocks and sank off Christmas Island. The footage of the unfolding tragedy shocked the world. This poignant novel for young adults explores the horror, heartbreak and humanity of the tragedy through the experiences of a 13-year-old Australian girl living on Christmas Island. As Coralie throws lifejackets to people on the boat that has crashed into the cliffs she locks eyes on 11-year-old Iranian boy Ali who soon disappears beneath the waves. She resolves to find him. Matthew Spencer. Allen & Unwin. $34.99. From its clever opening line, this police procedural leads you with compelling precision through an increasingly suspenseful murder investigation in the fictional village of Red Creek located between the authentically drawn (and very non-fictional) hardscrabble town of Cessnock and the luxurious cellar doors, lush golf resorts and other tourist traps of Hunter Valley wine country. Homicide detective sergeant Rose Riley and journalist-turned-crime author Adam Bowman, first introduced in journalist-turned-crime author Matthew Spencer's 2023 debut novel Black River, make an engagingly reluctant double act probing the suspiciously staged murder of a young woman in a townhouse in a new residential estate. A Forbidden Alchemy Stacey McEwan. Simon & Schuster. $34.99. TikTok sensation and Australian fantasy novelist Stacey McEwan creates a rich new world in her newest dystopian series. This slow-burn adventure follows Nina Harrow as she tries to escape her mining town upbringing in dazzling Belavere City. Nina is desperate to become an "Artisan", wielding magical powers to fulfill the city's grand ambitions. But when a violent revolution comes, she faces an impossible choice. Expect political intrigue, suspense and romance, plus a few heart-stopping moments. McEwan, who was raised on the Gold Coast, has said her love for period dramas and World War I inspired the world of Belavere City. Jessica Dettmann. Atlantic Books Australia. $32.99. The fourth novel by Jessica Dettmann is billed as a witty heartwarmer for "every woman who has looked up and wondered where the past decade or two has gone, and whether she's made the right choices in the juggle of family, work and life". When Margot receives an email from friend Tess, it comes as a shock. Tess, the English backpacker Margot met in Sydney but never ended up travelling across Europe with because love and life got in the way, died 20 years ago. Now Tess is giving her the means to have that adventure but is Margot ready for her second chance? New releases include police procedural Broke Road by Matthew Spencer and Super Stimulated by Nicklas Brendborg. Nicklas Brendborg. Hodder Press. $32.99. Are you addicted to your smartphone? Specifically, to social media or perhaps those endless videos so engaging that you just can't help scrolling? What about those sugary doughnuts? Brendborg engagingly explains the science behind how we are being hacked by companies that want us to eat their empty-calorie junk food and watch their mindless videos. We are, it seems, being played for fools, obese, lonely, depressed and anxious as a society because our biology is being manipulated. Scariest quote? An inventor of the Like button: "I find myself getting addicted - yes, in some cases to the very things I've built." Jeff Apter. Echo Publishing. $34.99. American promoter Lee Gordon had an extraordinary impact on post-war Australia. Arriving in Sydney in 1953, Gordon transformed show business by bringing hundreds of international stars, such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Buddy Holly, to Australian audiences. He was a friend to rocker Johnny O'Keefe, opened the nation's first drive-in restaurant and introduced roller derby. Gordon's bold approach and larger-than-life persona - he once had a coffin in his living room - helped to lay the foundations for the modern entertainment industry. He paved the way for showbiz names such as Harry M. Miller, Michael Gudinski and Michael Chugg. Katherine Biber. Scribner. $36.99. On January 18, 1901, when the Australian Federation was 17 days old, Wiradjuri man Jimmy Governor was hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol. Governor and his brother Joe murdered nine people in NSW - killings triggered, he said, by racial taunts towards his white wife. In the ensuing manhunt, Joe was killed near Singleton. Jimmy was caught near Wingham. Legal scholar Katherine Biber's detailed research was guided in part by Governor's descendants. Biber reconstructs events, explores attitudes of the time and aims "to see how law, politics, science and religion - but especially law - made modern Australia in the wake of the Governor brothers". Jaap de Roode. NewSouth Books. $44.99. Why do dogs eat grass? An explanation is in this book, which is a journey through the many ingenious ways that animals find and use medicine, from apes that swallow certain leaves whole to kill parasites to elephants that eat clay and sparrows that cleverly use discarded cigarette butts to protect their nests from blood-sucking mites. Scientist Jaap de Roode demonstrates that observing animals can provide more than a few clues for healing humans. He also argues that we can help our animals by repairing damage we have done to the environment, starting with the "biodiversity deserts" that are lawns. Pip Smith. UWA Publishing. $26.99. In December 2010, more than 50 asylum seekers died when a rickety Indonesian fishing boat, the Janga, known as Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel-221 or SIEV-221, crashed against rocks and sank off Christmas Island. The footage of the unfolding tragedy shocked the world. This poignant novel for young adults explores the horror, heartbreak and humanity of the tragedy through the experiences of a 13-year-old Australian girl living on Christmas Island. As Coralie throws lifejackets to people on the boat that has crashed into the cliffs she locks eyes on 11-year-old Iranian boy Ali who soon disappears beneath the waves. She resolves to find him. Matthew Spencer. Allen & Unwin. $34.99. From its clever opening line, this police procedural leads you with compelling precision through an increasingly suspenseful murder investigation in the fictional village of Red Creek located between the authentically drawn (and very non-fictional) hardscrabble town of Cessnock and the luxurious cellar doors, lush golf resorts and other tourist traps of Hunter Valley wine country. Homicide detective sergeant Rose Riley and journalist-turned-crime author Adam Bowman, first introduced in journalist-turned-crime author Matthew Spencer's 2023 debut novel Black River, make an engagingly reluctant double act probing the suspiciously staged murder of a young woman in a townhouse in a new residential estate. A Forbidden Alchemy Stacey McEwan. Simon & Schuster. $34.99. TikTok sensation and Australian fantasy novelist Stacey McEwan creates a rich new world in her newest dystopian series. This slow-burn adventure follows Nina Harrow as she tries to escape her mining town upbringing in dazzling Belavere City. Nina is desperate to become an "Artisan", wielding magical powers to fulfill the city's grand ambitions. But when a violent revolution comes, she faces an impossible choice. Expect political intrigue, suspense and romance, plus a few heart-stopping moments. McEwan, who was raised on the Gold Coast, has said her love for period dramas and World War I inspired the world of Belavere City. Jessica Dettmann. Atlantic Books Australia. $32.99. The fourth novel by Jessica Dettmann is billed as a witty heartwarmer for "every woman who has looked up and wondered where the past decade or two has gone, and whether she's made the right choices in the juggle of family, work and life". When Margot receives an email from friend Tess, it comes as a shock. Tess, the English backpacker Margot met in Sydney but never ended up travelling across Europe with because love and life got in the way, died 20 years ago. Now Tess is giving her the means to have that adventure but is Margot ready for her second chance?
