ON 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.
AN 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.
ON November 12 we published an article about yourshare.com, an award-winning cashback financial-broking service founded by businessman Paul Brady.
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.
Last week’s Federal Budget coverage featured the Collard family as a case study. The story contained some errors.
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.
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.
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.
The Daily Telegraph yesterday said in a story that Virgin Atlantic was involved in a price fixing conspiracy with Qantas and two other airlines.
Magistrate David Hellpern
