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Chrissie Swan celebrates incredible milestone

<p>Chrissie Swan has marked a big health milestone, taking to Instagram to celebrate her achievement that she doesn't talk about much publicly. </p> <p>The TV presenter revealed that she has been alcohol-free for 1000 days. </p> <p>“I don’t talk much about giving up the booze because it’s such a personal thing and not right for everyone – also I don’t feel comfortable encouraging people to do anything they haven’t arrived at themselves,”  she admitted in her post. </p> <p>She added that after 1000 days she knows "for sure it has been the right thing for me so I’m putting this here for anyone who’s thinking that maybe drinking isn’t fun anymore."</p> <p>"I love love love being able to drive everywhere, leave places whenever I like and especially ESPECIALLY going to bed knowing I’ve been the most authentic version of myself AND waking up excited about another brilliant day," she said. </p> <p>She revealed that she never had a “massive, long standing” problem with alcohol, but had found herself consuming it more during the lockdowns. </p> <p>“I just knew it had to go. It was actually quite easy for me and the positives started within the first week. Mainly – relief. And the clarity and focus I needed to return to my original self and get to work."</p> <p>"I don’t miss drinking one bit and now I never even think about it," she added. </p> <p>"I am proud of myself as well - which is a sparkling and meaningful thing.</p> <p>“In truth – every aspect of my life, energy, positivity and relationships have become so much better in every way since that day,” she wrote.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzE38-jyyIp/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzE38-jyyIp/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Chrissie Swan (@chrissieswan)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>A few of her celebrity friends took to the comments to congratulate the<em> Masked Singer</em> star on her achievement. </p> <p>“Congrats mate. I’m right there with you. Building a life in recovery that I’m not willing to lose is paramount. There’s no drug that feels as good as my life right now. And I have done my research on that claim,” wrote her <em>Masked Singer</em> co-star Osher Gunsberg.</p> <p>“Congrats, Chrissie! Amazing achievement. Resonates incredibly strongly with me. I want a Happy Life not a Happy Hour,” added <em>Bachelor</em> star Matt Agnew.</p> <p>“Love this Chrissie! Living your most joyful, authentic life. What a gift. Huge congrats,” commented Jill Stark, author of the book <em>High Sobriety</em>. </p> <p><em>Image: Getty / Instagram</em></p>

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Sam Newman hits back at Chrissie Swan

<p>Sam Newman, the former AFL player and well-known media personality, has not minced words in his response to being <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/music/absolutely-the-worst-chrissie-swan-fires-up-on-sam-newman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">labelled the "worst" interviewee</a> by radio host Chrissie Swan.</p> <p>During a recent episode of The Chrissie Swan Show on Nova radio, Swan candidly shared her most challenging celebrity interviews, recounting a particularly unpleasant experience with Sam Newman. Swan's producer, Jack Charles, recalled that Swan was so disheartened during their interview with Newman that she abruptly left the studio, rendering the audio unsuitable for broadcast.</p> <p>Describing her encounter with Newman as the "absolute worst" of her career, Swan stated, “It was absolutely the worst by far. By far. It was terrible. It was a terrible, terrible situation and so unusual in my career to feel so attacked. It was terrible. Terrible.”</p> <p>Newman did not hold back when asked about Swan's remarks in a subsequent <a href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/radio/sam-newman-unleashes-on-chrissie-swan-over-worst-interview-jibe/news-story/ef5479620b7e813a587b4e517f925bd4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news.com.au interview</a>, condemning her actions as "unprofessional".</p> <p>He questioned Swan's decision to invite him to the studio only to walk out when the conversation took an unfavourable turn. Newman also speculated that the interview never saw the light of day on Nova because they sought to avoid embarrassing Swan. He insisted that he never verbally abused her but rather that she was out to get him.</p> <p>“What a coward to ask someone to come in, then walk out of the studio about an opinion over a topic we were talking about,” he told news.com.au. “I just gave my opinion and she walked out, how unprofessional. What a coward.”</p> <p>“I was asked to come in. If you’re going to invite a guest in to help make your show a success, have the courtesy and the class not to have a predisposition to whom you’re speaking to in the first place.</p> <p>“She said she felt attacked – so she should have, for her preposterous position on topical affairs that we spoke about … and she demonstrated how irrelevant and insignificant she is.”</p> <p>In a final flourish, Newman described Swan, who boasts a career in media spanning two decades, as an "untalented person clinging to any vestige of fame".</p> <p><em>Images: Getty</em></p>

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"Absolutely the worst": Chrissie Swan fires up on Sam Newman

<p>Chrissie Swan has opened up on the most challenging celebrity she had to deal with during her career. </p> <p>The radio personality revealed that her interview with former AFL footballer Sam Newman was one of the worst encounters she had on the local front. </p> <p>“He was hands down the worst experience I’ve had in the media,” she said on her program <em>The Chrissie Swan Show</em>, on Monday afternoon. </p> <p>Anchor Jack Charles recalled that the interview was so bad that Swan had to walk out of their Melbourne studio. </p> <p>“I remember you walking out of the studio, out of the station, and I was like where’s Swanny gone?” he said and added that “We couldn’t even air the audio.”</p> <p>Swan replied that it was the most "terrible" experience she has had in her entire career. </p> <p>“It was absolutely the worst by far. By far. It was terrible. It was a terrible, terrible situation and so unusual in my career to feel so attacked. It was terrible. Terrible.”</p> <p>Before revealing that her interview with Newman was the worst experience she ever had, Swan also shared her disappointment after meeting her idols British rock band <em>Duran Duran </em>a few years ago. </p> <p>She said that it "was an excruciating interview. And two of the members were really rude to me. I just left there feeling like nothing.”</p> <p>To which Charles responded with the old adage,  “Never meet your idols." </p> <p>Swan agreed, but also added that it wasn't always the case. </p> <p>“It is true, isn’t it? Well, it can be true, because I have met other idols like Lily Tomlin and Gina Davis and Debbie Harry and Sarah Jessica Parker. And they were all wonderful, but Duran Duran, they really belittled me and I just felt like a big loser.”" </p> <p>The 49-year-old radio personality, added that the British rock band knew that she was a massive fan, which made the interaction  “even more unkind." </p> <p>Despite sharing how horrible some of these celebrity interviews made her feel, Swan also offered a sympathetic ear. </p> <p>“You know, harking back to what I said earlier, people are going through things and you just don’t know what." </p> <p><em>Images: Getty</em></p>

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"Absolutely changed my life": Chrissie Swan's emotional health confession

<p>Chrissie Swan has broken down in tears after revealing how daily walks changed her life. </p> <p>The TV and radio personality became emotional when discussing how walking has changed her life because it allows her to destress and sort out problems in her mind while looking at nature and getting fresh air. </p> <p>Appearing on <em>The Imperfects</em> podcast, a teary Chrissie credited her daily walks to her impressive weight loss and mental wellness. </p> <p>Her lifestyle change and weightless journey began four years ago, when she decided to make a few lifestyle changes, and moving her body more was one of them.  </p> <p>"I was 45 and I went, 'I reckon I'm halfway to dying'," she said.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CprOfJ_PiXc/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CprOfJ_PiXc/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by The Imperfects (@theimperfectspodcast)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>"Am I happy with this going on? Am I happy with who I am with other people, am I happy with who I am for me? What do I want to change?"</p> <p>"And then I started to walk and I get emotional thinking about it because walking has absolutely changed my life."</p> <p>Chrissie went on to say that whenever life is getting on top of her, she gets out and walks and uses that time to clear her mind.   </p> <p>"Every day I walk, if there's anything troubling me," she said.</p> <p>"I am so in tune and if something feels wrong I say, 'I'm going to walk on it' and sometimes that takes an hour and sometimes it takes 10km every day for a month, but I always get the answer."</p> <p>Chrissie has previously opened up about how Melbourne's strict Covid lockdowns prompted her to kickstart her health changes, by citing a new diet, daily walks and sobriety as the secrets to her slim-down.</p> <p>Since embarking on her fitness journey, Chrissie has dropped a reported 90kgs. </p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p>

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Chrissie Swan shows off incredible 90kg weight loss

<p>Chrissie Swan has shown off her incredible 90kg weight loss in a promotional campaign for Specsavers. </p> <p>The TV and radio host recently marked a 600-day milestone of quitting alcohol during her health journey over the past year, and credits the lifestyle choice to her impressive weight loss. </p> <p>Promoting her collaboration with Specsavers, which involves three socially designed sets of glasses frames, Chrissie drew in attention online for her slimmed down figure.</p> <p>She captioned the photos with a short message about her favourite glasses from Specsavers, saying the dark ones make her "look smart" and "loved the whole experience" of working on the collaboration. </p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClO9CJMyXiw/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClO9CJMyXiw/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Chrissie Swan (@chrissieswan)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Her celebrity friends Tina Arena, Michelle Bridges, Clare Bowditch and many more all shared their congratulations on her collaboration, noting how incredible she looked in the campaign photos.</p> <p>Chrissie has drastically transformed her physique over the last year, citing a new diet, daily walks and sobriety as the secret behind her slimdown.</p> <p>She briefly touched on her weight loss in an interview with The Australian Women's Weekly in March, saying the "enormous" lifestyle changes she'd made over the last year had improved her life in so many ways.</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram </em></p>

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“He has overstepped the mark”: Ben Fordham slams Dr Norman Swan over Covid claims

<p dir="ltr">Radio host Ben Fordham has slammed Dr Norman Swan, after the ABC health expert incorrectly claimed the deaths of Senator Kimberley Kitching and Shane Warne were linked to COVID-19.</p> <p dir="ltr">Dr Swan was forced to apologise after he said it was a “coincidence” that the cricketer and senator died of suspected heart attacks shortly after Covid infections while discussing a study that linked Covid infection with a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes and thrombosis.</p> <p dir="ltr">“It’s too much of a coincidence that Shane Warne and the Labor Senator in Victoria died not long after a Covid infection, and people are reporting sudden death after Covid infection. It’s not benign,” he said</p> <p dir="ltr">But, Senator Kitching’s family told Dr Swan that she hadn’t tested positive to the virus before her death at the age of 52, and he apologised after he heard he upset the family.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I’ve personally apologised to Andrew, her husband,” Dr Swan told news.com.au.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I’ve clearly made an error which I deeply regret. I do recall such reports and have checked with others who did too but that doesn’t excuse my having upset the family.”</p> <p dir="ltr">After Dr Swan’s comments, 2GB host Ben Fordham took aim at the health broadcaster, claiming he was “no better than the anti-vaxxers who claim that every person who’s died in the last two years had died of the jab”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“He should be ashamed of himself,” Fordham said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We called him out for that making the point that he’s not your patient, and if he was your patient you wouldn't be talking about him.</p> <p dir="ltr">“There’s an unwritten rule for medicos who work in the medical space: Don’t go speculating on cases you know nothing about and that’s exactly what he did yesterday on Shane Warne.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Fordham accused the former physician of “speculating like a gossip columnist” and spreading “doomsday scenarios”, while questioning why he was still being given a platform.</p> <p dir="ltr">“He hasn’t practised medicine since the 1980s for starters - that’s how long it’s been since he’s been in the doctor’s room treating a patient,” he claimed.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Because of coronavirus he was in the right place at the right time and he became a bit of a superstar at the ABC.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We’ve been calling out his doomsday scenarios, trying to scare the life out of people when it comes to coronavirus, always giving the worst case scenario... (but) he has overstepped the mark in a major way.”</p> <p dir="ltr">After making the claims on Tuesday’s News Breakfast, Dr Swan told the <em>Daily Mail</em> that he mentioned Senator Kitching and Warne in passing while warning viewers not to be complacent about Australia’s fourth Covid wave.</p> <p dir="ltr">“These are two high-profile people,” he told the <em>Daily Mail</em>. “One of whose death was a complete surprise, and they both had Covid in the background.</p> <p dir="ltr">“These weren’t private deaths, they were very public and had an impact on a lot of people who scratched their heads and wondered why, and that could have been a reason.</p> <p dir="ltr">“If I thought it was hurtful to the families, I wouldn’t have said it.</p> <p dir="ltr">“What would be hurtful is saying Kimberley Kitching had a dreadful lifestyle, if I was blaming her for the heart attack that would be a dreadful thing to say to the family. But if it’s a side effect of Covid it starts to explain things.”</p> <p dir="ltr">The study Dr Swan had been discussing found that an additional 10,500 cases of heart attacks, strokes and thrombosis were recorded in England and Wales, and that people were 21 times more likely to experience one of these conditions in the first week after testing positive to Covid.</p> <p dir="ltr">After four weeks, people were 3.9 times more likely to experience these conditions.</p> <p dir="ltr">Dr Swan told the <em>Daily Mail </em>that Australians should be concerned about the long-term effects of a Covid infection, including long Covid and heart complications.</p> <p dir="ltr">Using the example of Professor Chris Goodnow, who was forced to resign as executive director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research due to Covid-related heart complications, Dr Swan said people should try to avoid being infected.</p> <p dir="ltr">“These heart side effects do happen, and it's probably one or two per cent of people. So your individual risk is low, but with tens of thousands being infected that's quite a lot of people in the community,” he said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“You shouldn't go out trying to catch it thinking it's harmless and it will give you more immunity, you should try to avoid it if you can.”</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-be21c1fa-7fff-e07e-f975-8db8e072080a"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: ABC News</em></p>

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Chrissie Swan's impressive milestone after shedding 90kg

<p>Chrissie Swan has taken to social media to share her impressive sobriety milestone.</p> <p>Having gone over 600 days without alcohol, the TV and radio host revealed it’s been a year and eight months since she gave up the booze in a bid to ease her anxiety.</p> <p>Since giving up alcohol, Chrissie has completely transformed both her lifestyle and health, down 90kg by simply picking up healthy habits – which include daily walks and changing her food choices.</p> <p>“Seem to be getting a lot of messages checking on whether I’ve taken up booze again”, she wrote on Instagram. “I haven’t! 643 since my last tipple! Thanks for asking!” She added.</p> <p>Speaking on The Project in October of 2021, she said she was reliant on alcohol to deal with the stress of the Covid lockdowns.</p> <p>Giving up drinking “was a decision I made for myself after giving it a fair nudge in the first lockdown last year”, she said at the time.</p> <p>Chrissie has <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/tv/chrissie-swan-s-amazing-lockdown-transformation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drastically transformed her physique</a> over the last year, citing a new diet, daily walks and sobriety as the secret behind it all.</p> <p>She briefly touched on her weight loss in an interview with The Australian Women's Weekly earlier in the year, saying the lifestyle changes she'd made over the last year had improved her life in so many ways.</p> <p><em>Image: Instagram</em></p>

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Chrissie Swan shares huge career news

<p dir="ltr">After stepping down from her spot on the Melbourne breakfast show, Chrissie Swan has revealed she will be hosting a show of her own that’s broadcast to the whole country.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>The Chrissie Swan Show</em> will air on weekdays from 2pm to 4pm from January 2023 on the Nova Network.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I've achieved so much professionally and personally over the past seven years, and I'm thrilled to take on this new opportunity to embrace a new audience right across the country in this brand-new time slot,” she said on Thursday.</p> <p dir="ltr">Peter Charlton, the CEO of Nova Entertainment, described Swan as a “highly respected broadcaster” and one of the country’s “most-loved personalities”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Her engaging and down-to-earth style has seen her connect with listeners over her impressive radio career,” he said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The 2pm to 4pm timeslot is important to both listeners and advertisers, with a highly engaged audience often on the school run.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-9c7a348e-7fff-cb10-8475-e78a0a6fe9d8"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">“Chrissie has really broad appeal and we can't wait to share her charismatic broadcasting style with a national audience.”</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; 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font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf0Elx0JX6o/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Chrissie Swan (@chrissieswan)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">The news comes after Swan and her co-hosts Sam Pang and Jonathan Brown announced they would be departing from Nova 100’s breakfast show last week.</p> <p dir="ltr">An insider revealed that the announcement also stunned Nova staff and that employees at the station received an email from Charlton with a press release attached, as reported by <em>The Daily Mail</em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">The trio’s final show is set to air on December 2.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We have relied on each other in this studio and it's a good idea to put a bow on what has been this entire experience for all of us and bow out gracefully,” Swan said on air.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I'm so proud of what we've achieved professionally and personally since we first met in 2015 - especially the last few years as we all kept each other afloat during the pandemic.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-282b6b71-7fff-f240-fdd9-3a60124da50d"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">The 48-year-old said that even though the announcement came as a shock to listeners, it was the right time for the trio.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; 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font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cj9I4-2BISJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Chrissie Swan (@chrissieswan)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Swan, who also appears on <em>The Project </em>and <em>The Masked Singer</em>, wrote a heartfelt message on social media at the time, thanking listeners, her co-hosts, and others “not on air”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“For a woman who talks for a living, I can’t find the words to express what this job and experience has meant to me,” she captioned a clip of the hosts breaking the news on air.</p> <p dir="ltr">“These 3 men have been my constant companions and supports for so long, making me laugh and knowing just what to say when the going was rough. Same to the ones not on air.</p> <p dir="ltr">“And to you - our listeners - haven’t we had the best time ever?” she continued.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I will be forever in your debt, Melbourne. Thank you for the laughs, the stories, the company… all of it. It has been the greatest experience of my life.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9e0a3f73-7fff-0943-5eda-997919aaec41"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: @chrissieswan (Instagram)</em></p>

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Chrissie, Sam & Browny to leave popular breakfast show

<p dir="ltr">Nova’s breakfast show program featuring Chrissie Swan, Sam Pang and Jonathan ‘Browny’ Brown will stop airing at the end of the year after a huge seven years.</p> <p dir="ltr">The trio announced the bombshell news to listeners on Friday morning - just hours after their colleague <a href="https://oversixty.com.au/health/caring/kate-ritchie-taking-a-break-from-radio-gig" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kate Richie</a> revealed that she is stepping back from the spotlight of her Nova FM show.</p> <p dir="ltr">Chrissie, Sam &amp; Browny’s last show will air on December 2 after their show sat on the #1 FM or #2 FM Melbourne breakfast show 19 times since it launched back in 2015. </p> <p dir="ltr">This has now raised questions on whether or not Chrissie will be spending more time on The Project next year after <a href="https://oversixty.com.au/news/news/carrie-bickmore-breaks-down-as-she-shares-huge-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carrie Bickmore leaves the show</a> at the end of the year. </p> <p dir="ltr">Chrissie however will not be leaving the Nova Network entirely saying she is excited for her new adventure. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I’m so proud of what we’ve achieved professionally and personally since we first met in 2015 – especially the last few years as we all kept each other afloat during the pandemic,” she said. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I’m thrilled to now put a bow on the absolute gift of the Chrissie, Sam &amp; Browny experience and am looking forward to a new adventure with Nova.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Sam also said he is looking forward to “sleeping in” after years of waking up early to host the radio show. </p> <p dir="ltr">“It’s been a privilege doing breakfast radio in my hometown. I’ve loved my time at Nova and I would like to thank everyone who has been involved in the show over the past seven years,” he said. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I would especially like to thank the listeners for their support. It has been a wonderful experience. I’ve made some life-long friends and feel very lucky to have worked with such an amazing team.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Jonathan however will remain at the network as he continues to work with the Fox Footy team.</p> <p dir="ltr">“When the opportunity presented itself to work alongside Chrissie, Sam and Deano seven years ago it cemented my family’s decision to make the move to Melbourne and start a new chapter post-footy,” he said. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I’ve shared some life-changing moments with our listeners and the team have become like family to me. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I’m grateful to the Nova family and our listeners for the opportunities in both Brisbane and Melbourne over the past 17 years and finish up feeling proud of what we’ve created together.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Nova</em></p>

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Chrissie Swan's big walk for Fred Hollows

<p dir="ltr">Chrissie Swan, popular TV and radio host, has continued on her fitness journey after famously losing 90kg since the beginning of the Covid lockdowns.</p> <p dir="ltr">The mum of three has now set herself a new target: to walk 300km in one month for the Fred Hollows Foundation.</p> <p dir="ltr">Now 48 and fabulous, Swan announced on Monday August 1 that she'll be “pounding the pavement” every day this month to raise money for the blindness charity.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I'm doing it again! It's August and that means I'll be walking 300km to restore sight to those with avoidable blindness” she wrote on Instagram.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgp7F0svPLl/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgp7F0svPLl/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Chrissie Swan (@chrissieswan)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">“It only takes $25 to restore someone's sight. That's amazing to me! Will you get behind me? Last year we raised over $80,000 (that's over 3,200 people who can see again because of you!?) This year I'm aiming for $100,000!”</p> <p dir="ltr">“'Whatever you can spare - there's a link in my bio. I'll keep you updated as I go. Let's do this!”</p> <p dir="ltr">She posted another photo on Instagram Stories of herself getting her steps in.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I'm walking 300km this month. You can get behind me and donate to save someone's eyesight at the link in my bio…” she wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr">She later revealed she'd already walked 9.24km on Monday alone.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Not a bad start for day 1 of my @fredhollows 300kms goal,' she wrote. "Day 2 today! You can donate below... just $25 cures someone of avoidable blindness!”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Swan took part in the challenge this time last year, initially aiming for 150km before later extending her goal to 300km. You can find more information on this worthy cause at <a href="https://www.fredsbigrun.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fred's Big Run website</a>. </p> <p dir="ltr">Swan has lost a significant amount of weight since early 2020 and credits her weight-loss to daily walks and quitting alcohol. She has made the <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/health/body/why-chrissie-swan-refuses-to-talk-about-her-weight-loss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision to no longer discuss her weight loss publicly</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

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Why Chrissie Swan refuses to talk about her weight loss

<p dir="ltr">It’s no secret that Chrissie Swan made an incredible transformation to her life which saw her lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle.</p> <p dir="ltr">A year out from her big 50th birthday, The Project host said she refuses to speak about her weight loss anymore because that’s all she did.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I think the reason I’m not talking about anything now is because I have done that in the past 20 years,” she told <a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/stellar/chrissie-swan-it-got-to-a-stage-where-it-wasnt-fine/news-story/342c02d72fcf4d853bb8950bedd27087" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stellar Magazine</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I’ve waded into that kind of toxic environment, and it didn’t make me feel good. And it didn’t help me, and it didn’t help anyone else. And it just propagates the interest in a woman’s body, which is irrelevant.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Chrissie does not care about what is written about her and said no one she cares about speaks about her body.</p> <p dir="ltr">She confessed that there are days where she doesn’t even look in the mirror and gets on with her day.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I get up, I put on the same clothes every single day and I just get about my life,” she continued.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The TV stuff is someone gives me a dress and does my hair and does my make-up. That’s what television is about.</p> <p dir="ltr">“But...it’s a small fraction of my life. The rest is me, just living in this body. And it’s always been that way.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Chrissie has previously acknowledged that Melbourne’s 112 day lockdown contributed to her weight loss and different lifestyle.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We couldn't go out to dinner, we couldn't go to a friend's house, they couldn't come to us, we couldn't go outside five kilometres. All we could do was walk, and so that's what I did.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

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Chrissie Swan butts heads with Steve

<p dir="ltr">Chrissie Swan and Steve Price butted heads in a heated argument about protestors on <em>The Project</em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">The co-hosts were discussing the Blockade Australia’s unauthorised protests in Sydney on June 27 when Price voiced his opinion, not leaving any room for Swan to talk.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I’m not quite sure what throwing rubbish into the street and disrupting an entire city for a week is going to do except lose support for anything those people are doing,” Price asserted.</p> <p dir="ltr">Swan tried to converse by saying “I know that it’s deeply inconvenient…” before she was cut off by a passionate Price.</p> <p dir="ltr">“It’s pathetic! And disruptive!” Price continued with Swan saying, “Okay I’m terrified,” and giving a sideways glance at the producers.</p> <p dir="ltr">“They deserve to go to jail,” Price continued.</p> <p dir="ltr">This prompted co-host and comedian Peter Helliar to jump in and point out Price’s hypocrisy about people being disruptive.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Chrissie’s trying to chat and you’re saying [the protesters are] disruptive,” he declared.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I think on the bell curve of passion, the price for apathy is extreme caring like that,” Swan continued.</p> <p dir="ltr">“What, breaking the law?” Price asked.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Well, yeah I’m OK with it. I would never do that, but I think that’s the price of democracy,” Swan concluded.</p> <p dir="ltr">Price, however, had the last word: “They’re breaking the law and they need to go to jail.</p> <p dir="ltr">“You can have a protest like a march down the street that police endorse and let you do. [But] they do not tell people where they’re going and it’s disgraceful.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: The Project</em></p>

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Chrissie Swan shows off her new look

<p>The Project star, Chrissie Swan surprised fans in a few candid snaps shared to Instagram after Monday night’s episode.</p> <p>Swan, 48, posed in a dress by Moss &amp; Spy alongside legendary Australian comedians Lano and Woodley.</p> <p>The former Big Brother contestant turned TV and radio presenter has taken on a more regular role on The Project in Carrie Bickmore’s absence. </p> <p>Swan’s dramatic body transformation comes as she revealed on The Project back in October last year that she had quit drinking, telling viewers “it was a decision I made for myself after giving it a fair nudge in the first lockdown last year”.</p> <p>“I haven’t had a drink in about nine months,” she said.</p> <p>Those who follow Swan’s Instagram account will know that she’s also taken up meditation and long daily walks, often trekking kilometres across Melbourne early in the morning.</p> <p><em>Image: Instagram / The Project</em></p>

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Chrissie Swan shares her new favourite lunch recipe

<p>Chrissie Swan has completely transformed her figure thanks to eating healthy, daily walks and cutting out alcohol.</p> <p>The 48-year-old radio star has revealed one of the healthy lunches she swears by, posting a delicious soba noodle salad.</p> <p>Chrissie said she loves making a crunchy chili oil soba noodle salad with avocado for an easy and 'delicious' lunch. Once the noodles are cooked, chives, avocado and chili oil are added.</p> <p>She previously revealed on Instagram that one of her family's favourite salads was made up of iceberg lettuce, avocado, goats cheese, cucumber and dressing.</p> <p>Chrissie briefly touched on her weight loss to this week, saying the 'enormous' lifestyle changes she'd made over the last year had improved her life in so many ways.</p> <p>'I'm not going to talk about the size of my a**e. I'm not going to tell you what I eat in a day. Because I've read those stories and they make me feel bad about myself,' she said.</p> <p>However, she did confirm Melbourne's lengthy Covid lockdown was the catalyst for her health and fitness kick.</p> <p>'We couldn't go out to dinner, we couldn't go to a friend's house, they couldn't come to us, we couldn't go outside five kilometres. All we could do was walk, and so that's what I did,' she said.</p> <p>Chrissie began walking only short distances, but steadily increased her fitness and now walks for two hours per day.The media personality, who hosts the Chrissie, Sam and Browny breakfast show on Nova, gave up alcohol more than a year ago as part of a health kick.</p> <p>She also turned to meditation and daily 10km walks to improve her physical and mental health during Melbourne's 112-day lockdown.</p> <p><em>Image: Instagram</em></p>

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Chrissie Swan’s amazing lockdown transformation

<p dir="ltr">Chrissie Swan has taken to Instagram to show off her recent stunning weight-loss.</p><p dir="ltr">The busy mum of three and media personality embarked on her health journey back in 2021 and made some major life changes to help achieve her goals.</p><p dir="ltr">Chrisse shared a mirror selfie to her Instagram stories where she was seen in activewear, a cap, and a bright yellow backpack. The TV personality credits her weight loss to cutting out alcohol and walking during Melbourne’s lockdown.</p><p dir="ltr">It was revealed in October she’d been nine months sober after quitting alcohol for good to work on herself. Chrissie has shared other ways she’s made active life changes that led to weight loss and credits hobbies like meditation, long daily walks and participating in Fred Hollows Foundation initiative, Fred’s Big Run, walking 150km in one month.</p><p dir="ltr">Chrissie proudly announced that she completed the 150km in only two weeks.</p><p> </p><p dir="ltr">“No one is more surprised than me that I did this already,” she told her followers after completing the walk.</p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;color: #292a33;background-color: #ffffff;font-weight: 400;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline">Images: Getty / Instagram</span></em></p>

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Ben Fordham slams Dr Swan's Covid "alarmism"

<p>Radio broadcaster Ben Fordham has launched a scathing attack on the ABC's Dr Norman Swan, condemning his "Covid scare campaign" in the wake of the Omicron wave. </p><p>The 2GB radio host jumped to the defence of Dr Angelique Coetzee, who "discovered" the Omicron variant in South Africa, who claims he has been subject to online "attacks" and abuse from scientists, doctors and global politicians for down-playing the severity of the variant. </p><p>Fordham called out a series of doctors who he called "Covid alarmists", as he urged listeners not to listen to them after citing low deaths rates from the latest Covid variant. </p><p>"This doctor [Coetzee] should be celebrated for her groundbreaking research on coronavirus but instead she had people trying to convince her to shut her mouth," he said.</p><p>"The death rate from Omicron is 0.1 per cent. Its fatality rate is the same as a bad flu season in Australia."</p><p>"But the scare campaign has been in overdrive. At the start of the pandemic we were warned about 150,000 deaths in Australia. We've had 4,300."</p><p>"All tragic but nothing like we warned about," he said. </p><p>According to the <a href="https://www.health.gov.au/health-alerts/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Australian Department of Health</a>, the Australian death toll has been significantly higher since the Omicron variant, as opposed to the 2021 Delta variant. </p><p>Fordham went on to slam "Covid cheerleader" Dr Swan who recently claimed that Omicron was not as mild as previously believed and gave little to no natural immunity. </p><p>"Norman Swan was ignoring the science, he was ignoring the scientist who discovered Omicron," Fordham said.</p><p>The radio host continued his praise of Dr Coetzee, who said she has been "accused of lying" by many global superpowers. </p><p>"They are accusing me of lying, of downplaying Omicron because of how it has been in Europe … in their minds, it is impossible for a disease with more than 38 mutations to be mild."</p><p>"I have stated many times before it can be a serious illness if you are unvaccinated and have comorbidities but for the majority of people it is a mild illness."</p><p>"If a clinical feature proves I am wrong, then I will apologise."</p><p>Fordham ended the segment by praising Dr Coetzee, who has vowed to "stick to her guns" and not give in to the pressure.</p><p>"Good on you doctor. Don't give in to the scaremongers," he said.</p><p><em>Image credits: Instagram @benfordham9 @norman.swan</em></p>

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Chrissie Swan reveals the secret to her incredible new figure

<p>Chrissie Swan has shown off her incredible body transformation in an Instagram post ahead of her appearance on <em>The Project</em>, and shared her secret to her new figure. </p> <p>The 48-year-old shared a snap of her transformation on her social media account of her toned figure that she achieved through giving up alcohol during Victoria's gruelling lockdowns. </p> <p>During a panel discussion on <em>The Project</em> in October, Chrissie said she has given up alcohol after turning to it to cope with the stress of lengthy lockdowns, and how much the change has positively impacted her life. </p> <p><span>“It was a decision I made for myself after giving it a fair nudge in the first lockdown last year,” Chrissie said.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CWUvpLOlwpE/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CWUvpLOlwpE/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Chrissie Swan (@chrissieswan)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“I do recommend it. If you’re thinking, ‘Oh, maybe I’m drinking a bit much’ or ‘it’s not helping me anymore’, I think that’s the biggest thing I’ve taken from it, is that it didn’t help.</p> <p>“With the pressures and anxieties and worries and being responsible for kids and their whole life has changed and you’re their parent, you feel enormous guilt, though it’s all out of your control, you kind of feel like having a few drinks will take the edge off and a couple of drinks does but eventually it’s at the stage where it doesn’t help and it certainly wasn’t helping me.”</p> <p>Chrissie also revealed that her sleeping schedule has drastically improved since she made the decision to go sober. </p> <p><span>“Alcohol is diabolical for sleep and anxiety too,” she wrote on Instagram.</span></p> <p><span>Earlier this year, Chrissie said she overhauled her exercise routine in order to achieve her slimmer figure, as she has taken up meditation and regular long walks. </span></p> <p>“Learning how to meditate kicked it off for me and I realised after the first 10-minute block that it was the first time in ages I’d stopped and slowed down with my own wellbeing top of mind,” she said.</p> <div class="media image portrait side-by-side"><span>“I don’t put pressure on myself but I walk *somewhere* most days. Sometimes for 20 minutes, sometimes for an hour. Sometimes three little walks, sometimes none!”</span><span></span><span></span></div> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram @chrissieswan</em></p>

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57 police officers forced into self-isolation

<p>Police officers in a Melbourne suburb have been forced into isolation after two colleagues tested positive for COVID-19.</p> <p>Frankston Police Station was temporarily closed on the weekend after a second police officer returned a positive coronavirus test on Sunday.</p> <p>Contact tracing is now underway to establish how many Victoria Police officers had contact with the infected people in the past 14 days.</p> <p>Police said 57 other officers had since been tested and placed into self-isolation after coming into contact with the pair.</p> <p>“These members will remain stood down from duty to self-isolate for 14 days, however the community can be assured that service delivery will remain unaffected,” a spokesman said.</p> <p>“Victoria Police will work closely with the Department of Health and Human Services in an effort to determine how the officer became infected.”</p> <p>The station reopened on Monday following a deep clean.</p> <p>The news came as an officer from Swan Hill in Victoria’s northwest is quarantining after his partner was diagnosed with coronavirus.</p>

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The bizarre bird Queen Elizabeth II owns thousands of

<p>You’d think that being the longest reigning British monarch comes with enough perks, like celebrating your birthday twice a year and owning a vault of jewels.</p> <p>There’s also another perk that comes with being Queen Elizabeth II, which is that she is the technical owner of all “unmarked mute swans swimming in open waters” in the UK.</p> <p>The royal family’s website notes that the British crown has “held the right to claim ownership” of these animals since the 12th century.</p> <p>These rights were considered valuable and “were subsequently granted by the monarch to many people and organisations as swans were a prized food, served at banquets and feasts”.</p> <p>As things have changed over the last 800 years, swans are no longer considered a delicacy in Britain, but the Queen still owns all of them.</p> <p>All 22,000+ mute swans are counted every year by a group headed by the Queen’s official Swan Market in an event known as “Swan Upping”.</p> <p>"We will lift the whole family out of the water, we will take them ashore, we weigh them, measure them and check them for any injuries," <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-swans/all-up-queen-elizabeths-swans-checked-and-counted-idUSKCN1UA12P" target="_blank">David Barber, the Queen’s Swan Marker, told Reuters</a> in 2019.</p> <p>"You have a population of swans that hasn’t changed much since the mid 1800s."</p> <p>However, the mute swan population is facing threats from non-native species and dog attacks.</p> <p>"We've had a pretty rough time with...dog attacks, all sorts of things—like mink," <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-48990711" target="_blank">Barber told the BBC</a>.</p> <p>"They're not indigenous to this country and they're breeding like mad on the river here, and they do take a lot of young cygnets," he said.</p> <p>Due to COVID-19, this year’s Swan Upping will not be taking place.</p> <p>“Although not unexpected, it is of course disappointing that members of the public and local schoolchildren will not be able to enjoy Swan Upping this year,” Barber said in a statement.</p> <p>“It is always a great opportunity for the young people who attend to learn about mute swans, and see first-hand the health checks we carry out on every single family of swans along the river.”</p> <p>If you’re worried about the welfare of the swans, they’re still being looked after as Swan Upping focuses on conservation and education.</p> <p>"The Queen’s Swan Marker is working with the Thames Swan Rescue Organisations to continue overseeing swan welfare as usual.</p>

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Bus driver worked for eight days after returning from overseas

<p>A Perth bus driver interacted with more than 130 passengers while infected with COVID-19 as he worked on the road for eight days after returning from overseas.</p> <p>The Western Australia government said 137 passengers paid their bus fare in cash across the driver’s eight shifts from March 9 to 18.</p> <p>The risky routes were the 506, 507, 509, 517, 178, 999, 518, 527 and 537.</p> <p>The driver returned from a holiday in the United States on March 7, before the 14-day self-isolation requirement was established, <em><a href="https://thewest.com.au/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-crisis-perth-bus-driver-for-swan-transit-tests-positive-to-covid-19-after-overseas-holiday-ng-b881498364z">The West Australian</a> </em>reported.</p> <p>He returned a positive test for COVID-19 on Monday.</p> <p><span>Swan Transit was now <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-crisis-perth-bus-driver-tests-positive-to-covid-19-ng-b881498483z" target="_blank">reviewing CCTV</a> and tracing contact to identify anyone who may have been exposed to the virus.</span></p> <p>Other passengers who travelled on the driver’s bus and used a contactless Smartrider are “casual contacts” and do not need to self-isolate, a government spokesman said.</p> <p>“According to health guidelines, casual contacts don’t need to be concerned and do not need to be excluded from work or school, unless they become unwell, which is the health advice for every Western Australian,” the spokesman said.</p> <p>“They should closely monitor their health, and if any symptoms are experienced they need to seek medical advice.”</p> <p>Earlier this month, the Public Transport Authority introduced increased sanitation measures, with buses being required to be sanitised each evening.</p> <p>The WA premier Mark McGowan said anyone arriving into the state must now <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-22/coronavirus-spread-sees-wa-close-borders-rules/12079112">self-isolate for 14 days</a>.</p> <p>As of Tuesday afternoon, there were 175 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state.</p>

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