Tom Nethersole

Australian Idol is an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its original run in November 2009 before being revived in January 2023. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller. Australian Idol was televised on Network Ten for its first seven series and was broadcast on Austereo Radio Network between 2005 and 2007.

When infamous conservative media outlet The Daily Larrikin becomes the target of a federal investigation into discriminatory hiring practices, producers Jack and Tom scramble to come up with a way out of the inevitable company-sinking legal trouble. Their solution: bring on a token diversity hire as a do-nothing assistant to their volatile star commentator Roy Ruebens, functionally killing two birds with one stone. The best they can manage is another white guy who happens to be gay; but the new twink on the job quickly ignites a powder keg of internal politics, on-air blunders and viral PR disaster, turning a legal problem into a full blown crisis for the entire company.