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| Alan Jones arrested amid NSW police investigation into alleged indecent assaults | Alan Jones arrested amid NSW police investigation into alleged indecent assaults |
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| Former Sydney radio host – who has previously denied all allegations against him – taken into custody by specialist detectives | |
| The former Sydney radio host Alan Jones has been arrested by New South Wales police amid an investigation into alleged indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning two decades. | The former Sydney radio host Alan Jones has been arrested by New South Wales police amid an investigation into alleged indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning two decades. |
| Child abuse squad detectives arrested the veteran broadcaster and former Wallabies coach about 7.45am on Monday at a unit in Sydney’s Circular Quay. | |
| Jones has previously denied all allegations against him. | Jones has previously denied all allegations against him. |
| The arrest came after months of investigation by NSW police, which began in March to investigate a number of alleged indecent assaults and sexual touching incidents between 2001 and 2019. | The arrest came after months of investigation by NSW police, which began in March to investigate a number of alleged indecent assaults and sexual touching incidents between 2001 and 2019. |
| Police on Monday morning said no charges had been laid. | Police on Monday morning said no charges had been laid. |
| Jones hosted breakfast radio in Sydney on 2GB for nearly 20 years. For much of that time he was one of the nation’s most influential media personalities. | |
| His radio career was marked by controversies, including comments that the prime minister Julia Gillard had lied and that her late father had “died of shame” as a result. In 2019 he also made comments about the New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, saying someone should “shove a sock” down her throat. | |
| Jones’s career also spanned teaching, politics and sport. After leaving school he trained as a teacher, and worked across different schools in Queensland and NSW for much of the 1960s and 70s. | |
| Before his radio career Jones tried to enter politics. He launched several failed attempts at preselection for federal parliament and unsuccessfully ran for the NSW parliament. | |
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| Jones served as a speechwriter for Malcolm Fraser, the Liberal prime minister, until 1981. | |
| In 1984 Jones became the coach of the Wallabies, the Australian men’s rugby union team. During his time at the helm the team enjoyed significant success. |