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