Matthew Benns

Daily Telegraph Editor-at-Large

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Ita Buttrose arrives ready to give evidence in ABC-Lattouf court case

2 months ago | geelongadvertiser.com.au | Matthew Benns

The ABC’s woes continued in court today with its lawyers forced into an embarrassing backflip on its defence that Middle Eastern, Arab or Lebanese races do not exist. And its lawyers also had to apologise to furious Federal Court justice Darryl Rangiah for filing an unredacted affidavit that identified people who complained about the presence of presenter Antoinette Lattouf on air.
Email reveals Ita Buttrose’s fury at sacked presenter Antoinette Lattouf

2 months ago | news.com.au | Matthew Benns

ABC chairwoman Ita Buttrose told executives a controversial presenter should come down “with flu or Covid” as an excuse to take her off the air, a court has heard. The extraordinary flurry of emails circulating through the upper echelons of the national broadcaster were aired on the first day of casual presenter Antoinette Lattouf’s unfair dismissal case in the Federal Court on Monday.
Bean and Birtles: Roadster drive to raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service

Jan 19, 2025 | news.com.au | Matthew Benns

Resilience has a different definition in the bush – just ask the doctors, nurses and pilots of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. “We received a call from a farmer who had burnt himself from his navel to the top of his head when a radiator hose burst,” said senior pilot Sam Love at the RFDS base in Mount Isa. “He was on his own and needed help but did not have an airstrip,” Mr Love said.
Birtles and Bean recreation ride hits Saudi Arabia as part of charity drive

Nov 3, 2024 | dailytelegraph.com.au | Matthew Benns

Just over 100 years ago Lawrence of Arabia was crossing the uncharted Nafud desert by camel for months at a time – The Daily Telegraph’s vintage Bean flashed over the sands from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf in a week. Admittedly, Saudi Arabian petrol-dollars have provided excellent roads and – Telstra take note – unbroken 4G coverage for the entire route.
Bean car charity drive: Inside the epic fundraising journey from London to Melbourne

Oct 27, 2024 | geelongadvertiser.com.au | Matthew Benns

The second Bean car to ever enter Egypt yesterday reached the pyramids in Cairo on the latest leg of its epic fundraising journey from London to Melbourne. It had been a long wait and a mountain of bureaucratic paperwork for The Daily Telegraph’s red Bean 14 roadster to be unloaded from the ship in Alexandria and finally hit the road to the Egyptian capital.
TV stars welcome team Bean to Slovenia

Oct 10, 2024 | cairnspost.com.au | Matthew Benns

NSWDon't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. Two of the biggest TV stars in Slovenia welcomed The Daily Telegraph’s team Bean to the country amid a flurry of national media interest. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host Jure Godler and RTV’s The Morning Show presenter David Urankar greeted the 100-year-old red Bean sportster as it rolled into Ljubljana. “We are a country of two million people and we have 1.2 million cars registered,” Mr Urankar said.
Birtles and the Bean: Epic trip from London to Melbourne

Sep 20, 2024 | townsvillebulletin.com.au | Matthew Benns |Warren Brown

Almost 100 years apart, The Daily Telegraph has been instrumental in an epic drive from London to Melbourne in the same model 14 horsepower Bean open top sports car. Then, as now, the drivers involved were completely nuts. This time readers of The Daily Telegraph can follow in real time as cartoonist Warren Brown and Editor-at-large Matthew Benns recreate the drive Francis Birtles made in 1927, proudly supported by Harvey Norman.
Birtles and the Bean: Epic trip from London to Melbourne

Sep 20, 2024 | cairnspost.com.au | Matthew Benns |Warren Brown

Almost 100 years apart, The Daily Telegraph has been instrumental in an epic drive from London to Melbourne in the same model 14 horsepower Bean open top sports car. Then, as now, the drivers involved were completely nuts. This time readers of The Daily Telegraph can follow in real time as cartoonist Warren Brown and Editor-at-large Matthew Benns recreate the drive Francis Birtles made in 1927, proudly supported by Harvey Norman.
Birtles and the Bean: Epic trip from London to Melbourne

Sep 16, 2024 | geelongadvertiser.com.au | Matthew Benns |Warren Brown

Almost 100 years apart, The Daily Telegraph has been instrumental in an epic drive from London to Melbourne in the same model 14 horsepower Bean open top sports car. Then, as now, the drivers involved were completely nuts. This time readers of The Daily Telegraph can follow in real time as cartoonist Warren Brown and Editor-at-large Matthew Benns recreate the drive Francis Birtles made in 1927.
The Sydneysiders who make our city the greatest in the world

May 30, 2024 | dailytelegraph.com.au | Matthew Benns

It is the world’s greatest city and now the people of Sydney have a chance to salute the very best people who live and work in it. The Daily Telegraph and the Committee for Sydney are calling for nominations for the new Sydney Awards which celebrates the very best NSW’s capital city has to offer. Editor of The Daily Telegraph Ben English said the awards echoed the masthead’s clarion call that “We’re for you”.