Rodney Paul Lyneham (13 August 1945[1] – 24 November 2000[2]) was an Australian newspaper journalist, commentator and radio and television presenter.
Lyneham was born in Melbourne[3] in 1945, growing up there and in Canberra[1] where he graduated from the Australian National University.
[1] During his time as a student he was the lead vocalist in the band The Bitter Lemons which recorded the independently released single "Canberra Blues" in 1965.
[6] Lyneham joined commercial television, working for Channel Seven as a foreign correspondent including reporting on the Falklands War.
After returning to Australia while living in Canberra Lyneham worked on Sydney radio station 2BL in a segment with his close friend Andrew Olle; they were a double act conversing about politics with Lyneham playing the role of the funny man.