| Program or issue | Station or licensee | Description | Outcome | Date finalised | |
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| Kyle & Jackie O | KIIS 106.5 / Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation Pty Ltd | Decency – in a breakfast radio segment that included comments about people with cancer | No breach of 2.2 of the Commercial Radio Code of Practice 2017 BI-344 |
21 December 2017 | |
| Licence condition matters | 6RTR | Broadcast of advertisements and sponsorship time limit |
Breach of paragraph 9(1)(b) of Schedule 2 to Part 5 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 [prohibition on broadcast of advertisements]
No breach of paragraph 9(3)(b) of Schedule 2 to Part 5 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 [time limit for sponsorship announcements] |
31 October 2017 | |
| Licence condition matter | 7HOFM/Commercial Broadcasters Proprietary Limited | Political matter advertisements – allegation announcements immediately following three broadcasts of political matter did not contain the correct ‘required particulars’ |
Breach of subclause 4(2) [identification of certain political matter]; and Breach of paragraph 7(1)(j) [comply with subclause 4(2)] of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 |
20 October 2017 | |
| Compliance with the Community Radio Broadcasting Codes of Practice 2008 | 88.9FM Hills Radio | Policies not freely available, complaints handling |
Breach of Code 1.4 [membership policy] and Code 2.4 [policies will be freely available]
No breach of Code 1.5 [internal conflict policy], Code 2.3 [volunteer policy], Code 6.1 [sponsorship policy] and Code 7.3(b) [complaints will be conscientiously considered and responded to as soon as possible] |
30 August 2017 | |
| Chrissie, Sam & Browny | Nova 100 / Nova 100 Pty Ltd | Decency, audio of actual sexual acts and feature program with an explicit sexual theme – in a breakfast radio segment about the relationship between a co-host and his wife | No breach of 2.2 [generally accepted standards of decency] or 2.3 [audio of actual sexual acts] or 2.4 [feature program with an explicit sexual theme] of the Commercial Radio Code of Practice 2017 BI-331 |
25 August 2017 | |
| Matt & Meshel in the Morning | KISS 101.1 / Double T Radio Pty Ltd | Proscribed matter – in a prank call segment containing coarse language at a time when children might be listening | No breach of 2.2 [decency] of the Commercial Radio Code of Practice 2017 BI-326 |
27 July 2017 | |
| The Ray Hadley Morning Show | 2GB / Harbour Radio Pty. Limited | Privacy – in a discussion of bail laws | No breach of 3.3 [privacy] of the Commercial Radio Code of Practice 2017 BI-321 |
30 June 2017 | |
| Advertisements supporting reform of Victoria’s fire services | 3AW / Radio 3AW Melbourne Pty Limited | Allegation of a failure to broadcast the required particulars immediately following an advertisement containing political matter |
No breach of subclause 4(2) [identification of certain political matter] No breach of paragraph 8(1)(i) [comply with subclause 4(2)] |
29 June 2017 | |
| Night Shift | MMM / Triple M Sydney Pty Ltd | Allegation that the host and a caller used racist and offensive language to refer to Aboriginal people | No breach of code 1.3(a) [offend against generally accepted standards of decency] BI-313 |
2 June 2017 | |
| Mornings with Neil Mitchell | 3AW/Radio 3AW Melbourne Pty Limited | Proscribed matter – comments made about the LGBTI community in a segment about the Victorian Government’s Inclusive Language Guide | No breach of code 1.1(e) [proscribed matter] of the Commercial Radio Australia Codes of Practice & Guidelines 2013 BI-310 |
26 May 2017 | |
| Complaints- handling | 6PR/Radio 6PR Perth Pty Ltd | Response to valid code complaints made to licensee. | Breach of code 5.5 [complaints-handling] of Commercial Radio Australia Codes of Practice & Guidelines 2013 BI-303 |
21 April 2017 | |
| The Chris Smith Show | 2GB/Harbour Radio Pty Limited | Accuracy – comments made about climate change | No breach of code 2.2 [accuracy] of the Commercial Radio Australia Codes of Practice 2013 BI-264 |
21 February 2017 | |
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The Ray Hadley Morning Show |
2GZ FM / Radio 2GZ Pty Ltd |
Election advertising – broadcast during the election blackout period |
No breach of subclause 3A(2) [broadcast of election advertisements] or paragraph 8(1)(i) [comply with clause 3A] of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 |
20 January 2017 |
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Licence condition matter |
2VTR |
Encouraging participation in operations. |
Breach of paragraph 9(2)(c)(i) of Schedule 2 [encouraging participation] of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 |
9 January 2017 |
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2017 radio investigations
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