Ex-60 Minutes reporter Tracey Curro breaks silence after being charged with assault

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Ex-60 Minutes reporter Tracey Curro breaks her silence on ‘disturbing’ assault charge – and how her years spent caring for her terminally ill father alongside her sister ‘have divided extended relatives’

  • Former television journalist Tracey Curro charged with assault in Queensland
  • Curro said it was ‘disconcerting’ that a ‘private family matter’ had been made public
  • Curro is best known for inspiring Pauline Hanson’s ‘Please Explain’ response
  • Former 60 Minutes reporter to appear in court in October over charges

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A former 60 Minutes reporter has broken her silence after she was charged with assault over a ‘private family matter’.

Tracey Curro, 59, was reportedly involved in an incident in North Queensland on Aug. 19, leading her to be charged with common assault on Wednesday.

“It is distressing that a private family matter has been made public,” she said in a statement to the Daily Mail Australia on Friday.

“My sister and I have been caring for our elderly terminally ill father for several years now. Unfortunately, this has led to a division between extended family members who continue to block the justice system and now the police forces.

“I only stay focused on my father’s well-being and making sure his last days are peaceful.”

Tracey Curro, 59, was reportedly involved in an incident in North Queensland on Aug. 19, leading her to be charged with common assault on Wednesday.

Tracey Curro, 59, was reportedly involved in an incident in North Queensland on Aug. 19, leading her to be charged with common assault on Wednesday.

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Curro, a former 60 Minutes reporter, said it was “disconcerting that a private family matter has been made public” after she was charged

Police will claim there was a dispute between two women who know each other in Curro’s hometown of Ingham in northern Queensland.

The journalist is known for inciting Pauline Hanson to explain her immortal “Explain” phrase for the first time after asking the then-rookie MP if she was “xenophobic” during a 60 Minutes interview in 1996.

Hanson’s response was met with a raised eyebrow by Curro and then mocked by viewers.

But it became such a cult sound bite that the leader of One Nation eventually made it her trademark.

Curro was a popular presenter and reporter for channels Nine and Ten

Curro was a popular presenter and reporter for channels Nine and Ten

Curro was a popular presenter and reporter for channels Nine and Ten

Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto confirmed Curro was involved in a ‘family dispute’. He added that he was “trying to help” in the case.

Curro began her journalism career as a newsreader and presenter for Channel Ten in 1988, before working for Nine as a reporter and moving to the ABC in 2005.

She returned to Ten as an occasional presenter on The Project in 2011.

Since then she has worked for Sustainability Victoria, as an executive recruiter for SHK and then Ambulance Victoria.

She was also a board member for Ovarian Cancer Australia and remains one of Victoria’s Shrine of Remembrance in wartime.

Her LinkedIn profile, which says she lives in Melbourne, says she is currently on a “career break.”

Curro will appear in court in Queensland on October 11.

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Hanson’s “Explain” response was met with a raised eyebrow by Curro and subsequently mocked by viewers. But it became a cult sound bite