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Apology

February 17, 2010 – 8:00 am

ON 16 April 2008, The Daily Telegraph published an article about the conduct of Tania Evers as defence counsel in a criminal trial. There was also an editorial on the issue. Various criticisms were made of Ms Evers. The Daily Telegraph acknowledges that criticisms made of Ms Evers were unjustified and that some of the facts asserted were incorrect. In particular, The Daily Telegraph accepts that Ms Evers was not warned by the trial judge about her conduct, and accepts that there was nothing wrong with her conduct. The Daily Telegraph withdraws all criticism made of Ms Evers and unreservedly apologises to her.

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Apology

July 27, 2009 – 8:00 am

dailytelegraphON February 20, 2009, The Daily Telegraph published an article which referred to John Coughlan, the former CEO of the Greyhound and Harness Racing Regulatory Authority. 

The article reported the outcome of a decision by the Industrial Relations Commission dealing with a complaint by a GHRRA employee and in particular referred to a finding made by the Commission against Mr Coughlan. The Daily Telegraph now accepts the statements in the article referring to Mr Coughlan were false and that no such findings were made against him by the Industrial Relations Commission.

We unreservedly withdraw all allegations either express or implied in the article and sincerely apologise to Mr Coughlan for any hurt and embarrassment caused by the article.

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Apology

June 26, 2009 – 8:00 am

dailytelegraphAN ARTICLE entitled "Charged for giving his kids’ mum AIDS" was published on May 19, 2008 concerning Mr Brian Montgomery. The article was incorrectly accompanied by a photograph of Mr Mark Ryan. The Daily Telegraph apologises unreservedly for any embarrassment or hurt to feelings suffered by Mr Ryan as a result of the publication.

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0 for 2

March 16, 2009 – 8:00 am

dailytelegraphIT WAS incorrectly reported in yesterday’s The Daily Telegraph Brad Fittler had been fined $5000 after being found unconscious outside a Sydney police station in 1999. Fittler was never fined and was not found unconscious.

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Guilt by matrimony

January 19, 2009 – 8:00 am

dailytelegraphA COURT report titled “Empty-nesters wanted high life” on January 14 stated constable Wesley Brennan and his wife were allegedly involved in the supply of illicit drugs. The report should have said Brennan’s de facto Catherine Ann Delezio, not his wife. The Daily Telegraph apologises for the error.

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Fun with photos

December 3, 2008 – 8:00 am

ON November 12 we published an article about yourshare.com, an award-winning cashback financial-broking service founded by businessman Paul Brady.
However, the picture that we published was not of Paul Brady of yourshare, but Paul Brady of Brady & Associates, another financial planning company.
We would like to stress that the Paul Brady we pictured has no connection with yourshare.com.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Apology

September 23, 2008 – 8:00 am

AN article titled “Dubbo donation scandal” published on May 1, 2008 concerned allegations that Duncan Gay MP used question time to lobby on behalf of Dubbo trucking company, Fletchers. Any inference that the questions asked in Parliament were as a result of donations he or the NSW Nationals received is incorrect. The Daily Telegraph apologises to The Hon Duncan Gay MLC.

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Fun with photos

July 28, 2008 – 8:00 am

A PHOTO published with a report about teenage curfews on Monday and again on Tuesday’s Your Say page featured Ben James, Nick Quirk and Kurtis Barlow. The Daily Telegraph would like to clarify that the boys participated in the story to speak out on the laws and were not being used as examples of poor behaviour.

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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 this is the property value.
The Daily Telegraph apologises for the error.

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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 by publication of the allegation.

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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 Hills were included as a contrasting example of a gym with satisfied customers and readers should not have inferred otherwise.

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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 readers should not have inferred they have a current tax debt to the ATO. The Daily Telegraph regrets any embarrassment caused by the article.

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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 Hellpern
IN 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 magistrate was simply reading them. The error is regretted.

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