Malcolm T. Elliott

Malcolm T. Elliott (13 May 1946 – 8 August 2019) was an Australian radio personality, television host and journalist.

Elliott: I believe right now Bambam Yodhoyono [sic] is sitting up there and his hands are tied because it's a legal matter. Wham Bam Thank You Mam Yiddi-yono is going to be called into all of these — well, that's what he is, isn't he — have you ever seen them? Whoa, give them a banana and away they go ...

The judges don't even speak English, mate, they're straight out of the trees if you excuse my expression.

Caller: Don't you think that disrespects the whole of our neighbouring nation?

Elliott: I have total disrespect for our neighbouring nation my friend. Total disrespect.

And then we get this joke of a trial, and it's nothing more than a joke. An absolute joke the way they sit there. And they do look like the three wise monkeys, I'll say it. They don't speak English, they read books, they don't listen to her. They show us absolutely no respect those judges.

What about that little midget woman who was up there, what was her name? Midget. Who was the president? Megawati. Megawati midget, yeah. Goodness.

Writing in The Spectator, Australian journalist Eric Ellis commented that: "Remarks like this, if uttered in Indonesia or, indeed, most Western countries, would have resulted in Elliott’s appearing before some sort of race relations tribunal, copping a heavy fine and possibly a jail sentence, certainly the sack."

Television Elliott's television work included In Wollongong Tonight on WIN-4 in 1981, as a last minute replacement for Eric Walters who felt uncomfortable with the proposed format. Elliott had worked at Channel 7 Adelaide hosting "Long-Weekend" movie marathons for PD Lynton Taylor. When Taylor joined the Nine Network in Sydney in 1973 he appointed Elliott as one of the 5 regulars of Celebrity Squares along with Bert Newton, Don Lane, Chelsea Brown, and Ugly Dave Gray, who gave Elliott the nickname of Malcolm T-shirt Elliott.

Marketing and No 1 In the 1980s, Elliott graduated from the University of New South Wales with a business marketing diploma and held a number of high-profile positions. He was marketing director of News Limited, Westfield, RCA Records, Domino Computers and CMS Computer Enhancements. He hosted 2GB afternoons in 1992–93. From 1993 to 2004 he worked at 2UE-4BC as the Sunday mornings presenter, rating number one for seven years and, at the same time, was the night time fill-in for Stan Zemanek.

Health On 11 June 2004, Elliott underwent quintuple bypass surgery after experiencing shortness of breath whilst on holiday at his new home in Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. He left 2UE in October 2004 to retire to the Northern Rivers. In March 2010 he underwent twelve weeks of radiotherapy at Coffs Harbour Hospital for prostate cancer. On 12 October 2015 he underwent heart ablation surgery and the inserting of a pacemaker/defibrillator at Pindara Hospital at Benowa Waters in Queensland. On 28 January 2016 he had his gallbladder removed and an umbilical hernia repaired at the John Flynn Hospital at Tugun.

Later years While retired from day to day broadcasting, his international date files, "It Happened Today", were used extensively on 2UE's and 2GB's Alan Jones breakfast show from 1992, and were also featured in Webster's CD Encyclopaedia in 1997. He married Brenda Holland on 30 August 1975 and had one daughter (Alicia, born November 1975). They divorced in 1992. He remained single for nine years until he married a widow with three children, Pamela Miller (née Bunt) from Glenhaven in Sydney on 17 February 2001. In 2018 he was living at his property at Goonellabah (a suburb of Lismore) in northern New South Wales.

Elliott was found dead on 8 August 2019 in a motel room in Lismore.