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One of the very tedious parts of occasionally reading all of the Australian is coming across a column by opinion writer Glen Milne, unofficial Liberal Party Spokesman and Official Biggest Gobbler Of The Costello Penis In The Media.

I'm not the only one. Crikey.com.au tends to point out his failings on a regular basis.

Turns out, Glen Milne is a little bit bad at getting criticised:

The annual Walkley Awards for journalism were rocked by an attack on stage tonight at the Crown Casino in Melbourne.
Controversial crikey.com.au writer Stephen Mayne was attacked by Sunday Telegraph columnist Glenn Milne.
Mayne had just finished awarding the best business news report to the Australian Financial Review's Morgan Mellish when Milne rushed up onto the stage and accosted Mayne, pushing him off the platform and onto the floor.
Milne then began berating Mayne from the stage as the audience, which consisted of a representation of Australia's top journalists, looked on horrified.
Milne called Mayne "a disgrace" and continued to abuse him from the stage, while the floor manager rushed to restrain him.
Mayne jumped back on stage but Milne almost broke free from the clutches of the floor manager, forcing Mayne to jump from the stage.
Milne was then escorted from the stage and ejected from the Crown Casino Palladium Ballroom.

The Age also covers it, does news.com.au):

Berating Mr Mayne about making unsubstantiated claims on the popular media critique website crikey.com.au, Milne had to be restrained by security guards and escorted offstage.
“Thanks buddy, thank you,” Mr Mayne replied, provoking a fresh charge from the tuxedoed Milne.
The ballroom full of guests at Melbourne's Crown Casino cheered and whistled as Milne stumbled down the stairs and, still yelling insults, was led away.
Not to be upstaged, the uninjured Mr Mayne dusted himself off and paid tribute to his detractor, saying “Ladies and Gentlemen, I have an announcement to make on behalf of (News Ltd owner) Rupert Murdoch.”
“That is the former Sunday Telegraph political correspondent Glenn Milne, sponsored by Fosters.”
Mr Mayne named the unprecedented stage dive one of the “great moments in Crikey's history”.
“That's even better than (Nine Network boss) Eddie McGuire saying 'I wouldn't even cross the street to give Crikey a backhander',” Mr Mayne said.
“Glenn, that's right up there, that's the best one I've ever seen.”

Nothing on youtube yet. I hope someone taped it.

video here (thanks Halo!)
Milne seems pretty drunk, but sheesh, that's no excuse.

Hopefully this is a trend, and we'll next see someone glassing Piers Ackerman.