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ABC apologises for Gina Rinehart ‘torture’ skit · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines, A bad joke, a lapse in oversight,
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  Speaker 1: and the inevitable apology. The ABC's Managing director, Hugh Marks
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  Speaker 1: has told Jenna Reinhardt the broadcaster is sorry for a
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  Speaker 1: skit aired in the Race Around the World program on
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  Speaker 1: July twelve. In the segment, contestant Kate McGinnis created a
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  Speaker 1: doomsday scenario in which the billionaire would be violently tortured.
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  Speaker 1: It's been nearly a month since it aired, and until
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  Speaker 1: now all the ABC has said is that the program
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  Speaker 1: was being reviewed by its own ombardsman, even as Reinhardt
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  Speaker 1: contemplated legal action and calls mounted for an apology. Now
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  Speaker 1: the ombardsman has found the ABC's editorial policies were not breached,
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  Speaker 1: but Hu Mark said on Thursday that suggested the policies
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  Speaker 1: themselves might be part of the problem. The video has
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  Speaker 1: been edited out of episodes available on ABIBC streaming platforms,
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  Speaker 1: and Hu March said the ABC acknowledges the episode has
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  Speaker 1: fallen short of community expectations. He said the ABC apologizes
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  Speaker 1: to missus Reinhardt and to anyone else affected or upset
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  Speaker 1: by the publication of the film. Race Around the World
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  Speaker 1: is created by external production house Endemol Shine, which also
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  Speaker 1: makes Master Chef and Married at First Sight. Animal experts
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  Speaker 1: say Australia should be urgently vaccinating birds and other animals
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  Speaker 1: against the H five N one bird flu, which has
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  Speaker 1: already reportedly killed dozens of Greater crested turns near South
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  Speaker 1: Australia's coast. Although New Zealand authorities have already successfully vaccinated
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  Speaker 1: hundreds of wild birds, the Invasive Species Council says authorities
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  Speaker 1: here have been secretive about what, if anything, they're doing.
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  Speaker 1: The Federal government says several species, including birds such as
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  Speaker 1: pelicans and cormorants, as well as seals, sea lions and
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  Speaker 1: Tasmanian devils, are at serious risk of either catching the
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  Speaker 1: virus or eating diseased or dead birds. The AFL club
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  Speaker 1: Geelong struck a secret deal requiring a current player who
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  Speaker 1: has suffered multiple concussions to assume all legal responsibility for
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  Speaker 1: any further head knocks. The twenty twenty four contract acknowledged
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  Speaker 1: the player was at serious risk of potentially lifelong harm
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  Speaker 1: from future concussions, but allowed him to keep playing. It's
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  Speaker 1: part of a growing tide of concern about head trauma
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  Speaker 1: in contact sport. And that's an exclusive live now at
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  Speaker 1: the Australian dot com Au. Plus come back to the
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  Speaker 1: front tomorrow for our look at what's been an emotional
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  Speaker 1: week at the Bondai Beach Massacre Royal Commission, with accusations
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  Speaker 1: flying between Jewish community leaders and lawyers for Palestinian lobby
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  Speaker 1: groups about the tone of questions asked in what has
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  Speaker 1: until now been a very genteel forum. That's right here
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  Speaker 1: Friday morning,