In May, a similar controversy arose when Deveny posted a number of comments on Twitter during the Logies Awards night about a number of people, including Bindi Irwin ("I do so hope Bindi Irwin gets laid") and Rove McManus and wife Tasma Walton ("Rove and Tasma look so cute ... hope she doesn't die, too", in reference to Rove's deceased first wife, Belinda Emmett).[11] The Age fired Deveny two days later.[12] This caused a "Twitter ban" to be enforced during the 2011 Logies Awards. In a radio interview following her sacking, Deveny claimed her employers did not understand the nature of new media and how it is used.[13] In June 2012, after her former editor on The Age, Paul Ramadge, resigned following the announcement of a company restructure, Deveny reportedly wrote the following comment on Twitter: "I wish him arse cancer"
