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Adani Jobs
Nightlife: On 4 February during the finance segment of Nightlife it was stated that there would be “hardly any” ongoing jobs created after the construction phase of the Adani Carmichael mine due to automation. It is unclear how many ongoing employees will be required and Adani has provided a number of different figures in recent years; however, currently Adani claim there will be no automation of the mine and “in the range” of up to 1800 ongoing jobs.
Wuhan Evacuation Form
News: On Tuesday, January 28, ABC News Online published a story about an “evacuation form” circulating on Chinese social media, encouraging Australians trapped in Wuhan amid the coronavirus outbreak to register their details. The ABC has amended this story to remove an incorrect assertion that it may have been an “online scam” and to explain the motive behind why the form was established, which was by a private individual to support other citizens stranded in the region. The ABC apologises for the error.
Lilli Pilli Soccer Club
News: On 20 January, ABC News Online published a story that suggested the Lilli Pilli Soccer Club may have had prior knowledge of Sport Australia grant for the second stage of the expansion of its club house. The ABC accepts that was not the case.
Eastwood Redevelopment
ABC Sydney: On 8 November 2019, ABC Sydney broadcast an interview with a journalist from Australian Financial Review discussing a recent story about issues at the Council of the City of Ryde. During the course of the interview, several matters were conflated by the presenter and listeners may have been left with the inaccurate impression that the Council had approved a development of the Eastwood Shopping Centre. This is not correct. The Eastwood Shopping Centre redevelopment was approved by the Sydney North Planning Panel
Amazon Australia
News: On 21 November 2019, ABC News published a story on the financial statements of Amazon’s Australian businesses. The story has been edited to clarify that the financial statements of Amazon’s Australian-based companies do not show that revenue is shifted from those companies to avoid tax.
CRPS
News: On 21 November 2019 in the 7pm News in Queensland and online the ABC reported on young people seeking treatment in the United States for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. ABC News have now significantly added to the online story to include the perspective of Pain Australia CEO Carol Bennett and information about treatment in Australia
Craig Dunlop
ABC Darwin: On 12 December, ABC Radio’s Darwin Breakfast show broadcast a segment discussing the repercussions of being the subject of a front page news story. A program guest falsely stated that a report about her criminal proceedings in the NT News “misrepresented [the] story”, was “biased”, “one-sided” and was topped with an "egregious headline". The program failed to fact-check its guest’s account prior to broadcast and failed to offer a right of reply to the NT News and its court reporter, Craig Dunlop. The ABC unreservedly apologises to Mr Dunlop.
IPA
News Breakfast: On 5 November 2019, during the ‘on the couch’ segment, it was suggested that the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) funds individual candidates in elections. The IPA has advised that this is not the case.
When Women Strike Back
News Digital: On 20 August, a story entitled “When women strike back, courts can't always see their history of abuse” examined the difficulties faced by women defending assaults committed in defence or retaliation to domestic violence. The story initially failed to clearly contextualise some allegations made in the principal case study. It has been updated with further information and commentary.
Injecting Room Head Stood Down
News: On 25 October ABC Late News and 7 pm News in Victoria reported that the CEO of the North Richmond Community Health centre had been stood aside pending review. The graphic stated “CEO Sacked”, this was incorrect.
WA Emergency Services Levy
News: On September 15, in a TV, online and radio story about the distribution of WA’s emergency services levy, the story incorrectly stated ‘marine groups’ were among volunteer emergency services calling for a “fairer share of funding”. WA’s marine rescue groups were not approached for comment on the story. The online story was amended on December 19, 2019, to include statistics provided by DFES about increases to bushfire brigade funding; this information should also have been included in the TV and radio stories.
China Defence Spending
Insiders: On Sunday September 29, host Fran Kelly interviewed Labor’s Shadow Defence Minister Richard Marles. During a question to Mr Marles it was stated that “China is also the biggest spender on military spending.” This was an error, Kelly meant to say that China is the largest defence spender behind the US. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute the United States spends more than any other nation on its defence forces, followed by China.
Victorian Mandatory Reporting Law
The Drum: On the 14 August edition of The Drum, the panel discussed the Victorian bill requiring priests to report concerns of child physical and sexual abuse. The ABC wishes to clarify, current Victorian law requires registered medical practitioners, registered psychologists and nurses amongst others to report a reasonable belief that a child is in need of protection from physical or sexual abuse.
Peloton
7.30: On 4 September 2019, in a story focussing on the collapse of Walton Construction and related companies, the program included a graphic showing the logo and name of 'Peloton Pty Ltd'. This company and companies within the Peloton Group are unrelated to Walton Construction, the Mawson Group or to any of the issues raised in the story. The video has been edited to show the correct name, 'Peloton Builders Pty Ltd' (later named Tantallon Constructions Pty Ltd). The ABC apologises for the error.
Jade Goodwin Rape Allegation
News: On 9 September in the 7 pm News and some radio bulletins, it was stated that Natalie Dalton made false rape allegations against Jade Goodwin. ABC News wishes to clarify that the rape allegations were unproven. While Justice Beale told Dalton "I'm not satisfied you were raped” he made no finding on the rape allegation.
Lynas Corporation
News: on 22 August ABC News online inaccurately captioned an image of the non-radioactive by-product NUF as being radioactive waste at the Lynas processing plant in Malaysia. The story also inaccurately captioned an image that claimed Lynas Corporation operates a mine in Malaysia. It does not. ABC News Breakfast and Mornings also broadcast a story inaccurately claiming that vision of the non-radioactive by-product NUF was radioactive waste. That story did not present a diversity of perspectives on the contentious domestic debate in Malaysia, about Lynas Corporation’s toxic waste management at the plant. The errors were quickly amended when brought to the attention of ABC News and subsequent reports presented a range of relevant perspectives on the issue. The ABC has apologised to Lynas for the errors.
Significant Investor Visas
News: On August 30, 2019 a story about significant investor visas incorrectly stated the Federal Government granted almost 600 visas in 2017-18. That is incorrect. The correct figure was 183.
Keith Yong
News: On 28 August in a story about the sacking of the City of Perth’s former chief executive, Gary Stevenson incorrectly reported that former councillor, Keith Yong had voted against the proposed heritage listing of the Grand Central Hotel. Mr Yong voted to defer the heritage listing.
Seized British and Iranian Tankers
News: On 21 August, 2019 one radio news story and a related online story incorrectly stated that an Iranian tanker was detained in Gibraltar in retaliation for the seizure of a British ship. The British tanker was seized in retaliation for the seizure of the Iranian ship.
Teachers Health
730: On 31 July, 2019, 730 reported that Teachers Health refused to pay for a patient’s breast reconstruction after cancer treatment because it was deemed a cosmetic procedure. Teachers Health has informed the ABC that it did not refuse to pay, but that it sought further information from the patient, and when that information was provided it covered the cost of the procedure in keeping with the patient’s cover. Furthermore, the patient’s complaint to the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman concerned a dispute with Teachers Health over the cover of a portion of her IVF treatment. She underwent IVF prior to having chemotherapy, due to the high chance that her fertility would be compromised by the cancer medication. The complaint was resolved in the patient’s favour after the Ombudsman advocated on her behalf. The ABC apologises to Teachers Health for failing to contact them prior to broadcast.
Lambing Flat Riots
Waltzing the Dragon: In the second episode of the series, broadcast on ABC on August 6th, in a scene describing the Lambing Flat Riots, historian Dr Sophie Couchman cited newspaper reports that suggested Chinese miners were scalped. In the full interview Dr Couchman went on to state others at the time reported there was no scalping. This was omitted from the edited program, therefore misrepresenting Dr Couchman. The ABC and producers acknowledge this error and apologise sincerely to Dr Couchman.
Hong Kong Protest Vision
News: on 29 July the 7pm News identified video of protestors being beaten by white-shirted people as occurring at Hong Kong airport. That was incorrect; the incident was at the Yuen Long MTR station.
Terrigal Spearfishing
ABC Central Coast: On 25 June on Breakfast with Scott Levi it was stated that people ‘are not allowed to spearfish in the Terrigal Haven’. That is incorrect. In NSW spearfishing is banned on ocean beaches except for the last 20 m at each end of the beach.
Louise Clegg and Jam Land Pty Ltd
Insiders: On the July 28 edition of Insiders, the panel discussed Energy Minister Angus Taylor’s interest in a company called Jam Land Pty Ltd. The company is the subject of an Environment Department investigation. Mr Taylor and his wife, Louise Clegg, hold an indirect interest in Jam Land Pty Ltd via an investment company of which they are directors. It has since come to our attention that Mr Taylor’s wife, Louise Clegg, is a board member of The Sydney Institute. Gerard Henderson is the Institute’s Executive Director. Mr Henderson accepts that he should have declared this association during the program but says he was unaware of Ms Clegg’s indirect interest in the company at the time of broadcast.
Mizrahi Jews
RN Drive: On 8 July RN Drive broadcast an interview with Orly Noy, an Israeli journalist and Sara Saleh, a Palestinian human rights campaigner, which discussed the status of Mizrahi Jews in Israel. ABC News acknowledges that this broadcast did not provide sufficient context on the status of Mizrahi Jews. It is well documented that Mizrahi Jews are prominent in business, politics, and the military and they have the same voting, legal, civil and religious rights as Jews of European background.
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