Veteran broadcaster Derryn Hinch hospitalised after fall
Former senator and veteran broadcaster Derryn Hinch is in hospital with an infection.
A post on Hinch's Facebook page, attributed to his executive assistant, showed a photo of Hinch propped up in bed.
"Hinch in hospital with infected legs after a fall. No post for awhile (sic)," it read.
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Media personality and former senator Derryn Hinch is in hospital. Facebook
Hinch, 81, was elected to the federal Senate as a representative for Victoria in 2016 following a long media career.
He served until 2019, but failed in his bid for re-election.
Hinch has had a prolific media career, spanning print, radio, and television, and was inducted into the Australian Commercial Radio Hall of Fame in 2010.
The controversial figure has also received three criminal convictions, two of which were for breaching suppression orders, with the remaining for contempt of court.
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Hinch has previously served as a senator. AAP
The sentences were all related to court-suppressed revelations regarding alleged offenders, including details about the criminal history of Jill Meagher's killer Adrian Bayley.
Hinch served 12 days in prison for contempt of court after revealing details of then-accused pederast and priest Michael Charles Glennon's prior conviction in 1987.
In 2014, he served 50 days in prison after refusing to pay a court-ordered fine regarding his revelations about Bayley.
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