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Apology

May 21, 2008 – 8:00 am

Last week’s Federal Budget coverage featured the Collard family as a case study. The story contained some errors.
A picture caption on Page 11 stated Tahlia was a family friend. She is in fact Alison Collard’s daughter. Alison’s partner Scott Blackburn’s surname was incorrectly stated as Collard.
The story also said the family’s mortgage was $400,000 when [...]

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Apology

May 15, 2008 – 8:00 am

AN article headlined “Natalie lifts the lid on dangers of Mr Wrong” published in Sydney Confidential on 7 April, 2008, reported that Mr Cameron Lamb tricked Ms Natalie Michael into getting married in Las Vegas. The Daily Telegraph accepts that this allegation is false and apologises to Mr Lamb for any hurt or embarrassment caused [...]

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Bad for business

April 28, 2008 – 8:00 am

AN article published in The Daily Telegraph on February 20 entitled `Fitness of gym deal under fire’ reported about problems with gym membership contracts. As stated in the article, the gym that was the subject of complaints was Bayswater Fitness Gym in Kings Cross. Quotes from and a photograph taken at Hi-Calibre Fitness at Rouse [...]

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A taxing mistake

March 17, 2008 – 8:00 am

AN article published in The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday March 11, headed `Ex-Wallaby and wife tackle the tax man’, reported proceedings taken by media couple Peter FitzSimons and Lisa Wilkinson against the Australian Taxation Office over retrospective changes to tax rulings.
Mr FitzSimons and Ms Wilkinson are involved in a class action against the ATO and [...]

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Much better

January 18, 2008 – 8:00 am

The Daily Telegraph yesterday said in a story that Virgin Atlantic was involved in a price fixing conspiracy with Qantas and two other airlines.
This is incorrect.
Virgin Atlantic was involved in another case where it colluded on fuel surcharges with British Airways.

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”You were behaving like a jerk and you were smashed for it”

February 16, 2007 – 8:00 am

Magistrate David HellpernIN an article headed ”30 beers and still driving”, published in The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday, Magistrate David Hellpern was quoted as saying to the defendant Rowan Davidson: ”You were behaving like a jerk and you were smashed for it.”In fact, those words were contained in a submission to the court and the [...]

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