New South Wales Liberal leader attempts suicide
{{date|September 2, 2005}}

[[w:Australia|Australian]] [[w:New South Wales|New South Wales]] [[w:Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] leader [[w:John Brogden|John Brogden]] was found to have attempted suicide in his electoral office late on the night of August 30, after he resigned due to heavy media criticism of comments he had made against the previous Government premier [[w:Bob Carr|Bob Carr]]'s wife, [[w:Helena Carr|Helena Carr]]. Mr Brogden called her a "mail-order bride". 

He was rushed to a North Shore hospital. Carr, who originally had stated he did not accept Brogden's earlier apology, later capitulated, stating that his wife had asked to forgive him. 

It was also argued whether [[w:The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]] newspaper, which was aiming to release new allegations of sexual harassment after Brogden had resigned, played any part in the suicide attempt. Many in the community, such as Rod Tiffen of the University of Sydney, on ABC Radio National's ''The Media Report'' had decried tabloid journalism and the ''Telegraph'' for "only wait[ing] till the man's down before they start kicking" with allegations that were found to be unsourced, whilst the editor of the ''Telegraph'', David Penberthy, claimed that they were only acting in their duty to publish what they had discovered, and said that "to say that [Brogden's attempt] is our fault off the basis of one story is I think, just fatuous."

One political editor, Andrew West, for ''The Australian'', a publication produced by the same company that owns ''The Daily Telegraph'', resigned over the placement of his byline on a story where he said he only produced a memo noting the unreliability of the sources for a similar story that the ''Telegraph'' were to publish.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/disgraced-brogdens-suicide-bid/2005/08/31/1125302574623.html
|title=Shattered Brogden's suicide bid
|author=Robert Wainwright and Jonathan Pearlman
|pub=Sydney Morning Herald
|date=August 31, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/mediarpt/stories/s1450691.htm
|title=The Media Report
|author=Richard Aedy presenting
|pub=ABC Radio National
|date=September 1, 2005}}

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[[Category:University of Sydney]]
[[Category:Mental health]]
[[Category:Suicide]]
Australian New South Wales Liberal Party leader John Brogden was found to have attempted suicide in his electoral office late on the night of August 30, after he resigned due to heavy media criticism of comments he had made against the previous Government premier Bob Carr's wife, Helena Carr. Mr Brogden called her a "mail-order bride". 

He was rushed to a North Shore hospital. Carr, who originally had stated he did not accept Brogden's earlier apology, later capitulated, stating that his wife had asked to forgive him. 

It was also argued whether The Daily Telegraph newspaper, which was aiming to release new allegations of sexual harassment after Brogden had resigned, played any part in the suicide attempt. Many in the community, such as Rod Tiffen of the University of Sydney, on ABC Radio National's The Media Report had decried tabloid journalism and the Telegraph for "only waiting till the man's down before they start kicking" with allegations that were found to be unsourced, whilst the editor of the Telegraph, David Penberthy, claimed that they were only acting in their duty to publish what they had discovered, and said that "to say that Brogden's attempt is our fault off the basis of one story is I think, just fatuous."

One political editor, Andrew West, for The Australian, a publication produced by the same company that owns The Daily Telegraph, resigned over the placement of his byline on a story where he said he only produced a memo noting the unreliability of the sources for a similar story that the Telegraph were to publish.
University of Sydney Mental health Suicide