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Seven drops court proceedings against ACMA over Sunrise Indigenous adoption segment

Hannah Blackiston

April 11, 2019 12:52

Seven has dropped court proceedings against the Australian Communications and Media Authority over Sunrise’s ‘Hot Topics’ segment on Indigenous adoption.

Last year ACMA ruled the segment, which aired on 13 March 2018, was in breach of the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice as it was inaccurate and provoked racial contempt.

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Hannah Blackiston

Hannah Blackiston was the deputy editor of Mumbrella. She worked with the company from March 2019 to November 2020.

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