Sarah Henderson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Senator McAllister. The ABC has been forced to remove from its website an online news story it now admits contained doctored audio involving an Australian soldier who the ABC had claimed was firing at unarmed civilians in Afghanistan. Inclusion of the doctored audio made it appear as if Australian Defence Force personnel had fired six shots instead of just one. The former Australian special forces soldier who is at the centre of these false claims, Heston Russell, has asked to meet with the ABC chairman, Kim Williams, to discuss this matter. Does the minister believe the ABC chair should meet with Mr Russell, and will she direct him to do so?