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Adjudications

The Australian Press Council publishes its adjudications on this website. At the moment it carries only most recent adjudications (since January 2001 at the moment).

  • 2008 Adjudications [No.1380 - ]
  • 2007 Adjudications [No.1344 - No.1379]
  • 2006 Adjudications [No.1307 - No.1343]
  • 2005 Adjudications [No.1268 - No.1306]
  • 2004 Adjudications [No.1226 - No.1267]
  • 2003 Adjudications [No.1185 - No.1225]
  • 2002 Adjudications [No.1146 - No.1184]
  • 2001 Adjudications [No.1098 and No 1100 - No.1145]

Adjudications made before 2001

Australian Press Council adjudications [No.1 - No.1100] are available through the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) website.

Eventually all adjudications made before 2001 will be posted on this site in a searchable database.

Index of Adjudications

2008 Adjudications

 

2007 Adjudications

May 2008
No 1391 - Hadaway/Bribe Weekly
No 1390 - Horowitz/Age
No 1389 - Roberts/Motorcycle News
No 1388 - Sleep/Nam Uc Tuan Bao

March 2008
No 1387 - McCormack/Australian
No 1386 - policeman/Tele
No 1385 - Davidson/Courier-Mail
No 1384 - Scientology/Tele

January 2008
No 1383 - JAA/smh.com.au
No 1382 - Muslim Reference/Auz
No 1381 - TCA/Mercury
No 1380 - Balson/Australian

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December 2007
No 1379 - Albany Ratepayers/Advertiser
No 1378 - Martin/Gold Coast
No 1377 - comps/Telegraph
No 1376 - St Vincents/Telegraph
No 1375 - Simpson/Australian
No 1374 - Brown/SMH

October 2007
No 1373 - Summerville/Perth Voice
No 1372 - Cooper/(Qld) Sunday Mail
No 1371 - West Australian/Australian
No 1370 - Saleam/Telegraph

September 2007
No 1369 - Killaly/Canb Times&SMH
No 1368 - Bruckner/Courier-Mail
No 1367 - McGinty&Health Dept/WA (revised and re-issued, Dec 2007
No 1366 - Bunbury Herald/Bunbury Mail

August 2007
No 1365 - Macak/Auz
No 1364 - Beeston/NewsMail
No 1363 - Longstaff/Holiday Coast Pict
No 1362 - CAAMA/Syd Star Observer

June 2007
No 1361 - Robinson/Herald Sun
No 1360 - TCA/Mercury (No 2)
No 1359 - TCA/Mercury (No 1)
No 1358 - Beef Assoc/QCL
No 1357 - Saleam-Moffat/Auz

May 2007
No 1356 - Moss/SMH
No 1355 - Hazell/Sunday Tele
No 1354 - Devine/Hawkesbury
No 1353 - Logan/SMH

March 2007
No 1352 - Medical Board/Gold Coast Bulletin
No 1351 - Pearson/Kiama Independent
No 1350 - Mullins/Canberra Times
No 1349 - Premier/WA
No 1348 - Downes/Age

February 2007
No 1347 - Tiwi/Australian
No 1346 - Phillips/Australian
No 1345 - Jillett/Age
No 1344 - Robinson/Telegraph

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2006 Adjudications

 

2005 Adjudications

December 2006
No 1343 - Clark/Post
No 1342 - Cooper/Courier-Mail
No 1341 - Knight/New Idea
No 1340 - Severns&Mori/SMH

October 2006
No 1339 - Morgan/Riverine Herald
No 1338 - O'Connor&anor/Advertiser
No 1337 - Batchelor/Auz
No 1336 - Fitzgerald et al/Advocate
No 1335 - Fitzgerald et al/SunTasmanian
No 1334 - Fitzgerald et al/Examiner
No 1333 - Fitzgerald et al/Mercury
No 1332 - Thomson/Newcastle Herald
No 1331 - Loudon/NewsMail
No 1330 - Caralis/Fin Review

September 2006
No 1329 - anon/Zoo Weekly
No 1328 - Swida/Age
No 1327 - Malkoun/Herald Sun
No 1326 - Harkess/Advertiser

July 2006
No 1325 - Taylor/Sunshine Coast
No 1324 - Synergy Wind/Yarram Standard
No 1323 - Irwin/Cosmo
No 1322 - Freeburn/Courier-Mail

June 2006
No 1321 - Mayne/Telegraph
No 1320 - Vernon/Mercury
No 1319 - Hunter Institute et al/FHM
No 1318 - Cosgrove/Australian
No 1317 - Qld DES/Daily Mercury
No 1316 - parents/Sunday Mail

May 2006
No 1315 - Noble Park/Leader

March 2006
No 1314 - Page/Australian
No 1313 - Ceduna School/Advertiser
No 1312 - Pheeney/Lachlander
No 1311 - Lopez/Mosman Daily
No 1310 - King Khalid/Sun Herald Sun

February 2006
No 1309 - Long/Independent
No 1308 - Whittington/Sunday Times
No 1307 - Kazak/Canberra Times

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December 2005
No 1306 - El-Dana/Egypt News
No 1305 - Tompkinson/Donnybrook
No 1304 - Hopf-Burgess/Age
No 1303 - Saleam/Auz

October 2005
No 1302 - Staffs/Fraser Coast Chronicle

September 2005
No 1301 - McDuie/Sunday Mail
No 1300 - NSW AG/Australian
No 1299 - Off'l Visitors&Health Dept/WA
No 1298 - Tan/WA
No 1297 - Partridge/Examiner
No 1296 - comp/Canberra Times
No 1295 - Morris/Sun Herald

July 2005
No 1294 - Batchelor/Sunday Mail
No 1293 - McPhedran/Sunday Age
No 1292 - Briggs/Independent Weekly
No 1281 - Haj/Auz (reheard and re-issued)

June 2005
No 1291 - LGA/Advertiser
No 1290 - Buchanan/WA
No 1289 - Grummels/WA Business News
No 1288 - Kimber/Community
No 1287 - Clark/Fraser Coast
No 1286 - prisoner/Herald Sun
No 1285 - Palmer/Tele (part 2)
No 1284 - Andersen/SMH

May 2005
No 1283 - Attard/Yarra Valley
No 1282 - Access for All/Fraser Coast
No 1281 - Haj/Auz
No 1280 - Irwin/Advance

March 2005
No 1279 - Reithmuller/Chronicle
No 1278 - Kevin/Auz
No 1277 - Barry/Herald Sun
No 1276 - parents/Independent Weekly
No 1275 - Vella/Blacktown Advocate
No 1274 - Millenium/ Daily Telegraph

February 2005
No 1273 - Oates/Leader
No 1272 - Sowton/Maroondah
No 1271 - Wilson/Chronicle
No 1270 - Brown/Herald Sun
No 1269 - Harden/Advertiser
No 1268 - Cornford/Daily News

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2004 Adjudications

 

2003 Adjudications

December 2004
No 1267 - Saleam/Sun-Herald
No 1266 - Skuse/Bulletin
No 1265 - Lange/Independent
No 1264 - Corrections/Advertiser
No 1263 - Palestians/Auz
No 1260 - Copeland et al/Advertiser (re-issued)
No 1257 - Palmer/Telegraph (re-issued)

October 2004
No 1262 - Whitling/Northern Star&Byron News
No 1261 - Langtree/Northern Miner
No 1260 - Copeland et al/Advertiser
No 1259 - Sumner/Herald Sun
No 1258 - Paul/Weekend Auz
No 1257 - Palmer/Telegraph
No 1247 - Wallwork/WA (re-issued)

September 2004
No 1256 - Tan/WA
No 1255 - Nishigaki/Progress Leader
No 1254 - Hayes/Advertiser
No 1253 - Wellington/Sunday Mail
No 1252 - Luther/Auz
No 1251 - Dowling/Auz
No 1250 - Sinclair/SMH
No 1246 - Bates/Morning Bulletin (re-issued)

July 2004
No 1249 - Logan/Age
No 1248 - Bondar/St Geo Leader
No 1247 - Wallwork/WA (re-issued Oct)
No 1246 - Bates/Morning Bulletin (re-issued Sept)
No 1245 - Rockhamp Ratepayers/Morn Bulletin
No 1244 - Wales/Daily Advertiser

June 2004
No 1243 - Canet/Star
No 1242 - Wroblewski et al/SMH
No 1241 - Bropho/Australian

April 2004
No 1240 - Westfield/Manly Daily
No 1239 - Anarchist Media Inst/Herald Sun

March 2004
No 1238 - Hill/Courier-Mail
No 1237 - Cameron/SMH
No 1236 - Oliver&FAIR/Australian
No 1235 - Vic AIDS/Herald Sun
No 1234 - Morris/Good Weekend
No 1233 - Civil Justice/Sun Mail
No 1232 - Tomkinson/WA

January 2004
No 1231 - Lee/World Weekly News
No 1230 - Robb/Fraser Coast Chronicle
No 1229 - King/West Australian
No 1228 - Millett/West Australian
No 1227 - Soxsmith/Canberra Times
No 1226 - Braham/SMH

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December 2003
No 1225 - Sciberras/Tele
No 1224 - Foster/Courier-Mail
No 1223 - Foster/SMH
No 1222 - Jamieson/Northcote Leader
No 1221 - Trintafillidis/'Tiser

October 2003
No 1220 - Jewell/WA
No 1219 - VMIAC/Sunday Herald Sun
No 1218 - Costigan/Sunday Tele
No 1217 - Krieg/'Tiser
No 1216 - Thomas/Sunday Herald Sun
No 1215 - Potaznik/SMH
No 1214 - Webb/Fairfax on-line

September 2003
No 1213 - Nat Party/Liberal
No 1212 - Norton/Auz
No 1211 - Rona/SMH

July 2003
No 1210 - Peter Foster/News Ltd papers
No 1209 - Swida/Sunday Age
No 1208 - 2NBC/Aus Macedonian Times
No 1207 - Hughes/WA
No 1206 - SAS Assoc/Sunday Times
No 1205 - Bennett/Woman's Day
No 1204 - O'Halloran/Telegraph&SMH

June 2003
No 1203 - Pierpoint/Liberal
No 1202 - Roberton/Pine Rivers
No 1201 - AidWatch/Telegraph
No 1200 - Creary/Telegraph

May 2003
No 1199 - Tangentyere/Weekend Auz
No 1198 - Bondar/St Geo Leader
No 1197 - Day/Australian
No 1196 - Warfe/Mornington Mail
No 1195 - Unity/WA
No 1194 - Richardson/Mt Barker
No 1193 - Sansbury/Advertiser

March 2003
No 1192 - re Eaglehawk Times
No 1191 - Rochman/Caulfield Leader
No 1190 - Goodman/Telegraph
No 1189 - Adler/SMH

January 2003
No 1188 - Egan/SMH
No 1187 - Bropho et al/WA
No 1186 - SA Police/Sunday Mail
No 1185 - Boutlis/NT News

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2002 Adjudications

 

2001 Adjudications

November 2002
No 1184 - Corley/Cairns Post
No 1183 - Saleam/New Idea
No 1182 - Snyman/Townsville Sun
No 1181 - Trad/Telegraph
No 1180 - Law/Cairns Post

October 2002
No 1179 - name withheld/NT News
No 1178 - Mobil Australia/Advertiser

September 2002
No 1177 - Saleam/SMH
No 1176 - Clarke/Newcastle Herald
No 1175 - Hammond/AFR
No 1174 - SAE/Vema
No 1172 - Burnet/Sunday Age (re-issued)

July 2002
No 1173 - Horne/That's Life!
No 1172 - Burnet/Sunday Age

June 2002
No 1171 - James/Manly Daily
No 1170 - Eastman/Canberra Times
No 1169 - AFP/Herald-Sun
No 1168 - Ratcliff/SMH

May 2002
No 1167 - Gibbons/Advertiser
No 1166 - Webster/Ensign
No 1165 - Hunter-Conlan/N.Central News
No 1164 - Gurney/Australian
No 1163 - General Taylor/Australian

March 2002
No 1162 - Godwin/NT News&Cent Advocate
No 1161 - Wilson/Frankston Independent
No 1160 - Official Visitors/WA

February 2002
No 1159 - Cove-Dossetor/Canberra City News
No 1158 - Gooden/SMH
No 1157 - Arndale x-lotto/Sunday Mail
No 1156 - Grieve/SMH
No 1155 - Stoney/Herald-Sun
No 1154 - Schmah-Nicholson/Auz

January 2002
No 1153 - Cheney et al/Sunday Mail
No 1152 - Mendelawitz/WA
No 1151 - Buchhorn/Australian
No 1150 - Littrell/Australian
No 1149 - Dobinson/Progress Leader
No 1148 - Flamsteed/Chronicle
No 1147 - Janssen/Courier-Mail
No 1146 - Munn/Central Coast Sun

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November 2001
No 1145 - Cooper/Ridge News
No 1144 - Hitchcock/She
No 1143 - Chin/Northern District Times
No 1142 - Hannan/Whyalla News
No 1128 - Braham/Australian (re-issued)

October 2001
No 1141 - KIrsopp/Wimmera Mail-Times
No 1140 - O'Dwyer/Sunday Mail
No 1139 - McAllister/Daily Liberal
No 1138 - Jones/Gympie Times
No 1137 - Sutton/Newcastle Herald

September 2001
No 1136 - Houston/Redcliffe Herald
No 1135 - Victorian Bar/The Age
No 1134 - Farrelly/Australian
No 1133 - Fernandez/WA

July 2001
No 1132 - VMIAC/Herald Sun
No 1131 - Magin/Independent
No 1130 - Rossarden/Mercury
No 1129 - Croxon/Australian
No 1128 - Braham/Australian

June 2001
No 1127 - Freeman/Good Medicine
No 1126 - Clark/NT News
No 1125 - Legal Reform/Courier-Mail
No 1124 - Byrnes/Australian magazine
No 1118 - Fazio/Australian (re-issued)

May 2001
No 1123 - NIAF/Herald-Sun
No 1122 - Maskell/Sound Telegraph
No 1121 - Harris/Redland Times
No 1120 - Arrowsmith-Watt/Herald-Sun
No 1119 - Portess et al/Cairns Post
No 1118 - Fazio/Australian

March 2001
No 1117 - "Powerball winners"
No 1116 - Park Orchards/Warrandyte
No 1115 - QSOSE/Courier-Mail
No 1114 - Freedombell/Courier-Mail
No 1113 - Gerrard/Messenger
No 1112 - Tuckey/The West
No 1111 - Palmer/Telegraph

February 2001
No 1110 - Doyle/Sunday Age
No 1109 - Splatt/Sunday Herald-Sun
No 1108 - Friends of the Earth/Herald-Sun
No 1107 - S11 protests complaint

January 2001
No 1106 - Edelsten/Sunday Tele
No 1105 - Sporting Shooters/Herald Sun
No 1104 - Hobson/Australian
No 1103 - Coffey/Standard
No 1102 - Doran/Mercury
No 1101 - Jensen/Border Mail
No 1100 - Maddock/New Idea
No 1098 - Jeanes/Cottesloe Post

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