ABC Part of the Government? Public Broadcaster’s Religious Vilification Hearing Continues

Published on August 5, 2024

A legal representative has argued that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is not a Commonwealth entity amid an ongoing discrimination proceeding against the public broadcaster. The ABC has been sued by Australian Falun Gong practitioners for allegedly inaccurate and biased reporting of the spiritual meditation discipline via a series of programs in 2020. The practitioners allege that ABC’s programs, Foreign Correspondent and Background Briefing, incited public hatred and hostility toward them, and that the national broadcaster violated Section 8 of Victoria’s Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001. Section 8 prohibits any person from engaging in conduct inciting “hatred against, serious contempt for, or revulsion or severe ridicule” of a class of persons. The conduct may occur in or outside Victoria....

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