Harbour Radio Pty Limited v Australian Communications and Media Authority
COURT OR TRIBUNAL
Federal Court of Australia
DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)
30/09/2014
LITIGATION TYPE
Corporate Accountability
SUBJECT MATTER
Misleading and deceptive conduct
REVIEW TYPE
Judicial review
SUMMARY
Catchwords:
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – application for judicial review – decisions by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (“ACMA”) to investigate complaints under s 170 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth) (“the Act”) – whether s 170 of the Act permitted ACMA to investigate a complaint under the Commercial Radio Australia Codes of Practice – whether a valid complaint made pursuant to s 148 of the Act.
The complaint related to alleged lies by Alan Jones in relation to an IPCC Report and global warming.
CASE DOCUMENTS
Harbour Radio Pty Limited v Australian Communications and Media Authority [2015] FCA 371
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