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From
Abc News Online
http://www.abc.net
Alston questions ABC's
lack of response
July 17,2003
The Federal Communications
Minister has asked the Australian Broadcasting Authority to find out why he is
still waiting for a response to his claim of biased reporting on the ABC's AM
program.
Richard Alston raised
68 matters in his complaint to the ABC in May.
A spokesman for the ABC
says he will get a detailed response on Monday, well before the 60-day deadline
for answering complaints set down in the corporation's code of practice.
But Senator Alston says
the ABC's website promises it will try to respond to complaints within four weeks.
"I'm simply saying that
there's been a deathly silence for some seven weeks and if the ABC's own website
offers to provide an explanation for a delay beyond the four-week period, then
I haven't received any such explanation," he said.
"I would have thought
ordinary members of the public would be very disappointed to know that this is
the way the ABC handles complaints."
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