Kool FM interview. Interviewee made allegations of serious misconduct by members of local district council. Upheld (controversial issues and fairness). Subsumed (accuracy). Orders (broadcast statement, $2,000 costs to complainants).
All Decisions
3 News. Declined to determine (controversial issues, accuracy, fairness, responsible programming).
Sensing Murder. Complaint about use of psychics in investigation about a man’s disappearance. Not upheld (accuracy).
Band of Brothers. Sex scene broadcast at 8.40pm. Upheld (children’s interests). Not upheld (good taste and decency, responsible programming). No order.
Afternoons with Jim Mora. Discussion about Russia’s proposal to use a controlled nuclear explosion to contain an oil leak. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration).
3 News. Item reported on a 3-year-old child walking a tightrope over a tiger enclosure. Not upheld (children’s interests).
One News. Item on Air Force helicopter crash on ANZAC Day. Not upheld (privacy).
Beyond the Darklands: Antonie Dixon. References to complainant’s relationship with Antonie Dixon. Not upheld (privacy, accuracy, fairness).
Close Up. Interview with Professor Richard Dawkins about his views on religious faith. Not upheld (good taste and decency, controversial issues, fairness, discrimination and denigration, responsible programming).
More FM Breakfast. Host and caller used the term “poofter”. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).