ON SATURDAY, November 13, The Daily Telegraph issued a statement in relation to the latest quarterly ABC newspaper circulation audit. In this statement we stated paid sales of The Daily Telegraph on Saturday had overtaken those of The Sydney Morning Herald for the very first time. This was calculated by excluding education, event, airline/hotels and [...]
AN ARTICLE published in news.com.au on November 9 reported an interview with the Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Bank, Sir Ralph Norris, concerning the bank's decision to raise its home loan mortgage rate by 0.45 per cent. One statement linked two themes that arose during the interview – the health of the banking system [...]
DUE to a production error in yesterday's The Daily Telegraph, a photo of Hawthorn player Michael Osborne ran alongside a story pertaining to Hawks player Travis Tuck becoming the first AFL footballer to record a third strike under the league's drug code. Osborne is one of Hawthorn's longest serving players. The Daily Telegraph apologises [...]
AN ARTICLE on page 15 of yesterday’s Daily Telegraqh was headlined “Wife killer a greedy devil”. At no stage during the sentence submissions of Mr Desmond Campbell did the Crown Prosecutor, Mark Tedeschi QC, describe Mr Campbell as “a greedy devil”. Report an error
IN last Friday’ Daily Telegraph (July 25), we published a story on page 142 about boxer Mick Cutajar. In the article, headed “Long Bay survivor wants to come to grips with Blues”, it was incorrectly stated that Mr Cutajar was arrested and charged with armed robbery in 2007 when, in fact, he was arrested and [...]
A PICTURE caption on page 6 of yesterday’s newspaper about two men who died in a car accident stated that one, former Parkes mayor Robert Wilson, had lost his grandson in another car accident some years earlier. It was in fact the other victim, Kevin Marshall, who had previously lost his grandson. The Daily Telegraph [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Report [...]
IT 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. Report an error
A 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. Report an error
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Report an error
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 [...]
