John Laws

This article is about the Australian radio host. For the British Lord Justice of Appeal, see John Laws (judge). For people with similar names, see John Law.

John Laws
Laws interviewing Paul Keating on 2UE in 1992
Born
Richard John Sinclair Laws

(1935-08-08) 8 August 1935 (age 89)
Wau, Territory of New Guinea
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
  • Radio presenter
  • announcer
  • television host
  • recording artist
  • voice-over artist
  • poet
  • author
  • racing driver
[1]
Years active1953–2007, 2011–present
Employer(s)3BO (1953–1957)
2UE (1957–1959, 1964–1969, 1979–1985, 1988–2007)
2GB (1962–1964, 1985–1988)
2UW (1969–1979)
Network Ten (1998)
Foxtel (1998–2000)
2SM (2011–present)
Spouse(s)Sonia Zlotkowski (1957–1964)
Yvonne Helstrom-Roux (1965–1974)
Caroline Laws (1976–2020) (deceased)
Children5

Richard John Sinclair Laws CBE (born 8 August 1935) is an Australian radio announcer.[1] For 50 years, until 2007, he was the host of an Australian morning radio program combining music with interviews, opinion, live advertising readings and listener talkback. His distinctive voice earned him the nickname "the Golden Tonsils". Although officially retired between 2007 and 2011, he returned in February 2011 to host a morning program on 2SM and the Super Radio Network.

  1. ^ a b Valda Marshall, "John the Beast is a Poet at Heart" Sydney Sun-Herald 30 August 1970 p. 114.