This may mean the APC seeks further information Adjudication “Panel Chair” or an independent, suitably from the complainant or a response from the publication, qualified individual appointed by the Council (with sufficient contacts the subject of the article (where that person is skills and experience and a significant connection to the not the complainant) or explores with the complainant and Cou. [...] The Council Secretariat considered that the removal of quotes taken The complaint concerned the comments associated with from the eulogy sufficiently remedied the complaint. [...] The complainant contacted the Press Council to express In response, the publication said once the comments were concern with the accuracy of the publication’s article brought to its attention, it took immediate steps to remove regarding the outcome of her defamation claim. [...] In response, the publication said it is clear from the article that the reason the proceedings were dismissed was the deficiencies in the complainant’s Concerns Notice and not because the complainant successfully defended the claim. [...] To resolve the matter the publication agreed to add an Editor’s Note at the bottom of the article clarifying that the complainant lost the defamation proceedings on procedural grounds and the complainant had denied the substance of the comments that led to the defamation claim.
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Table of Contents
- Annual Report 20222023 2
- The Australian Press Council is responsible for promoting high standards of media practice community access to information of public interest and freedom of expression through the media. 3
- Contents 4
- Neville Stevens AO Chair 5
- Foreword from the Chair 6
- Yvette Lamont CEO Executive Director 8
- Report from the CEO Executive Director 9
- Complaints Handling 11
- Complaints 14
- Complaints and Complainants 15
- New in-scope complaints received during the year 15
- 1065 15
- Out-of-scope complaints received during the year 15
- 232 15
- Complainants making these complaints 15
- 1512 15
- In-scope complaints 15
- 967 15
- Complainants 15
- 1670 15
- Out-of-scope complaints 15
- 239 15
- Issues raised in complaints 15
- 1313 15
- Council Membership and Staff 17
- Council Members 18
- Publisher Members 19
- Finances 20
- Adjudications 23
- Adjudications 24
- Alternative Remedies 25
