Radio host sacked over Australia PM Gillard interview
A radio presenter has been sacked in Australia for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard in a live interview if her partner is gay.
Howard Sattler suggested to Ms Gillard that her partner of seven years, Tim Mathieson, had to be homosexual because he was a hairdresser.
Ms Gillard characterised his comments as an absurd generalisation.
The DJ was suspended and then sacked by Fairfax Radio, which apologised for the "disrespectful" questioning.
Nick Bryant reports from Sydney.
14 Jun 2013
- From the section Asia