Sky News host Alan Jones is set to return to his desk on Monday.
The 80-year-old former 2GB star took extended leave from the show he normally co-hosts with Peta Credlin after having a knee reconstruction at St Vincent’s Hospital last month.
'There’s been a lot of pain and lot of swelling,' he reported of his knee last week.
Back in the saddle: Sky News host Alan Jones is set to return to his desk on Monday
The TV host had previously told The Australian: 'The pain has been horrendous but it will go away. The pain I had (before the operation) never would have.'
His co-host Credlin has been hosting the show solo in Jones' absence.
The former political advisor last week called out Premier Daniel Andrews over a missing $1.3billion meant to be used in hospitals during the pandemic, lamenting there's something is 'very rotten in the state of Victoria'.
The chief of staff to Tony Abbott turned influential media commentator - who some say could run against Mr Andrews next year - says even the trade unions are turning against him.
'It's got to be significant that the rank and file unionists that Andrews has relied on for years to swamp polling booths are now marching the streets of Melbourne, telling him to f*** off,' Ms Credlin told her Sky audience on Wednesday night.
Recovering: The 80-year-old former 2GB star took extended leave from the show he normally co-hosts with Peta Credlin after having a knee reconstruction at St Vincent’s Hospital last month
Change: Sky News host Peta Credlin has been tipped by some for a run against Daniel Andrews for state premier in the 2022 Victorian election
Referring to 'the mesmeric hold the cult of Dan holds over the state of Victoria', Ms Credlin asked her viewers: 'How long do you think Scott Morrison could be prime minister if the Liberal Party was in administration and fighting cases through the courts but somehow, that just gets tolerated in Victoria.
'But that's just the start of the stink enveloping this state.
'A state where the premier can announce $1.3billion dollars last April for an extra 4,000 ICU beds but now, no beds and no explanation as to where the money has gone.'
Accusations: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has been accused of lying about lockdowns by Sky News host Peta Credlin
After playing a clip of Mr Andrews saying last year that 'we are not going to spend 2021 in and out of
