#rob rickards

- I'm sorry, but Noels, when I hear people think I'm racist, it's like they're saying I don't love my own family, which is ridiculous. - It has nothing to do with me, or Hannah. We're not your defense.

I guess sometimes we all get just what we wanted, and he never thinks of me...except when I'm on TV

Philippa Northeast and Sam Reid as Kay Walters and Dale Jennings in The Newsreader’s S03E03 💙👸🏻🤴🏼🌟

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On the 16th February 2025, S03E03 of The Newsreader - Behind The Front Line - aired traditionally on the ABC, which was one year ago today!

Dale Jennings had issued out invitations to his 35th birthday bash, and had prepared his house for a lavish reception for his party guests, coming to celebrate this milestone for the King Of News.

But even on one’s anniversary of their trip around the sun, the world itself doesn’t stop spinning. That morning, Helen Norville had awoken from a very rough but clarifying evening, to Bill reporting that there was carnage in Tiananmen Square. No one was quite prepared for the catastrophic imagery that Tim Ahern had patched through to them, and worst still, Public Eye’s reporter, and Tim’s boyfriend - Lee Zheng - was unaccounted for.

As Lindsay blew his top in front of Dale’s party guests about swanning around with canapés (he had not been invited), Public Eye had beaten News At Six to breaking the news of the massacre in China, complete with exclusive footage that News At Six would not be able to compete with.

In yet another blow to the network’s news programme, their undervalued producer Noelene Rickards decided that she must jump this sinking ship and was provided a life raft by Helen; an invitation to join a team which would value her ideas and contributions. She had suffered quietly at News At Six for years, and as she exited her old workplace, she did not go quietly, letting Lindsay know exactly what she thought of him and letting him own his mistakes with a dashing of public humiliation.

“Don’t all turn around at once to look”

I really loved Noelene, she’s been one of my favourites when I first began watching this show.