The logo for Australia’s public broadcaster ABC is seen on its head office building in Sydney on Sept. 27, 2018. (Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images) The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has apologised for its “incomplete” coverage of an Alice Springs town meeting, in which locals worried about escalating crime rates in the community were accused of being “racist.”
The partial apology came after the shadow minister for communications revealed she had lodged a formal complaint about the “ shockingly biased reporting ” to the media watchdog to ask for an investigation.
On Jan. 30, more than 3,000 residents—including business owners, concerned families, and Indigenous leaders—gathered for a town hall meeting in Alice Spring, a remote community in Australia’s Northern Territory, to address ways to manage the ongoing alcohol-fuelled crime wave and increasing youth violence .
The gathering, which was organised by local business owner Garth Thompson, reportedly lasted for around 20 minutes.Much […]
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