The Cotton case involving the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, September 1985 / Commonwealth Ombudsman special report no. 1

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COMMONWEALTH OMBUDSMANSPECIAL REPORT No. 1 The Cotton Case Involving the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1
Special Report No.l THE COTTON CASE involving THE AUSTRALIAN 1 BROADCASTING CORPORATION 3
CONTENTS 9
Complaint about actions of the ABC 11
Compulsory powers vested in the Commonwealth Ombudsman 12
Corporate responsibility of the ABC for the actions of its staff 12
The ABC as a prescribed authority under the Ombudsman Act 12
Defective administration under s15 of the Ombudsman Act 13
Report to the Prime Minister under s16 of the Ombudsman Act 13
Special report to the Senate and the House of Representatives under s17 of the Ombudsman Act 13
The complaints 15
The Nationwide programme in Perth 16
Obfuscation 17
Jurisdiction to investigate a complaint about an ABC television programme 22
Conclusions about the complaint that the Nationwide programme was unreasonable and unjust 25
Other aspects of the Principal's complaint about the Nationwide programme 27
The Principal's complaint about the handling of his complaint made direct to the ABC 27
Conclusions about the Principal's complaint 29
Exposure of members of the public in ABC television programmes 29
Recommendations in my report made to the ABC under s15 of the Ombudsman Act 30
The ABC's response to my recommendations 33
Concluding observations 36
Attachment A 39
Attachment B 41
Attachment C 43
Attachment D 45
Attachment E Other aspects of the complaint about the Nationwide programme by the Principal 54
Attachment F 55
Attachment G 57
Attachment H 59
Attachment I 61
Attachment J 62
Attachment K 64

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