Press Council rules Daily Mail used misdated photos of Bondi Beach

The Daily Mail’s use of misdated photos to report that people were illegally ignoring social distancing rules at Bondi Beach, on a day the beach was actually closed, breached two Australian Press Council rules.

In a story published in the early hours of Sunday 5 April 2020, The Daily Mail used photos featuring people at Bondi Beach, apparently on Friday 3 April, supplied by its photo agency, to report that locals had “blatant disregard for the social distancing rules in place to slow the spread of coronavirus”. In fact, the beach had been closed to the public from 22 March, and was still closed on 3 April.