3 News. Report of person ‘believed' to be dead. Accuracy, privacy, not upheld. Fairness, upheld (majority). No order.
All Decisions
3 News. Use of word ‘next' in promo. Accuracy. Complaint trivial and vexatious. Declined to determine under section 11(a) of the Broadcasting Act 1989.
One News. Footage of strippers. Not upheld: majority (children's interests). Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Nailed, Sorted, Exposed promos. Balance, fairness, accuracy. Not upheld.
Prime News. Repeated broadcast of high tackle. Violence. Not upheld.
Close Up. Item about drink drivers. Fairness. Upheld. No order.
Studentville. Uni Games. Liquor promotion. Law and order, subsumed. Liquor, upheld. No order.
Balls of Steel: "Pain Men". Electric belt sander applied to a man’s buttocks. Children’s interests, not upheld. Good taste and decency, law and order, upheld. No order.
Campbell Live. Report on Cindy Crawford in Playboy magazine. Good taste and decency, programme classification, children’s interests. Not upheld (majority decision).
Sunday Morning with Chris Laidlaw. Theoretical discussion. Balance, fairness, accuracy. Not upheld.