{"id":894120,"date":"2026-09-16T13:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894120\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T13:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:22:11","slug":"pub-cancels-speaking-event-headlined-by-ben-cousins-smh-com-au","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894120\/","title":{"rendered":"Pub cancels speaking event headlined by Ben Cousins &#8211; SMH.com.au"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNbG90UDJYb2hzT2N0dFhKamNoelo0TE90cnV0amJBdjlKR3lITGVLWFhrM2l1WHdmaUJ0NU0tVDh1dzRkVG9XOXQ1M2M4YVJWQnh1MFlPNFRZQUxuZnFueGVSSlpCS0YyLWpicGM2N0Vwck1VU2pvWlZRei00ZXFxd09WeElhUHZJQ3EtVkRFS3ZxSmtLdTdwZ2t1djVFMFM0cXNmd2FkNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pub cancels speaking event headlined by Ben Cousins<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxNTjB4LUJxVmEzdHRtb081UUxOVkVlaGo5QkFVaWY3bWJCOTdWYnhKeGtrSWNyOG1nWFpXYU9KbU9IWjlkZHZoV0p3ZFRpM1E1WmluNUt5MEtxWXZzZDFiMThVUTBuRkVjWVdldW9fSllkcEE1SEZpTEN1MmllSHRNX296RXFPMXlVYkt0UHRKRkNSWnNpdU1oOEwxdHZHc0U4V2Q0ck5YZWE2Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former AFL player Ben Cousins&#8217;s event cancelled after community backlash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;abc.net.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNSlU3aFpuaFBLaVNVNUFJS2s5N2ZGRTAyUHJvd0duN0xEZHdQT3VwcVBBOFRYM0lNU0NpeE44dTJ4NVZqbm96RTJpOWN1VThwaDN0ZGZaR3hzUG5kMjVEdUhlaklVTjdvTmVnZjlnbHlQS0hEanhEUmhyYll5WGVHS1VzZHkwd1d6bWRtX1hyYjlDaER0S3pqTGVvSWdFaXNJS2VOTk1mZHI4NkxUT1dwbXVrcTI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018We are sorry\u2019: Ben Cousins pub event cancelled after backlash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Nine.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxNeENWU1lMRkwtaXdkdnRFMHdUdmdEZUMwSzh3S3JuY0xvSHlBQzFrQnhPeWNJT21xSVNteGNUZjNnOXlPbE11SzVYcnZ2S3ZKbjZCT2JGSk5ia1Brc0JndFA3aHRqZFdhTWpNVlFLdGI4NF9DNUpqU0dxRFd6SnE3a1gzSDdrOU1DNzRFWjMxN1AyUzNHMkVjWTZiTHpidUVzTGZzak5GMzJSSDZGM25TTFNTNmJCeFBHc2RYMDkzZklvb2VjdEV0endmbS1oSFg2VGJ4eFZXcG9sRF9CTFUtYzNSMnNPdldCRzEwQ093MEdMa1ByRlFzeVhDYzdMdGs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Heard the anger\u2019: Ben Cousins dumped from second speaking gig<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Herald Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6gFBVV95cUxQZ1NIb2x1cXVYZmdDWVZSSVBTX2N0OEJCTnZpZW9mTXhwb0w3WEE5Q0w0Q2RoVGJhRTRNbkhxSjFINnpaOWp1cVI3a1piN1AxbEE3emRWMm5rWTJySV93OE9KTVE4aE1mckYwS0hHNTl2V2FWSFF3d3NNOVNLZWlQMVRQdnI4Y1h4U2hzVlRkZVljLTd0dWJwVHFrNVJYR1BNQno3YXFFb3J1RlU4c3hLc1U3SjB2ZUlydjFMTk1Fd2U0M2lpcDNYRm8yR3R0S2Z3ZEh0cFV0dC1JQnpyY2hYUC1FZ3VmUHNFYnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Cousins dropped from speaking gig hours before start amid backlash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;cairnspost.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pub cancels speaking event headlined by Ben Cousins&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.auFormer AFL player Ben Cousins&#8217;s event cancelled after community backlash&nbsp;&nbsp;abc.net.au\u2018We are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-894120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}