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 [...]
On December 5 and 6, 2007, and later on August 30, 2008, the Herald Sun, under a previous Editor-in-Chief, published a series of articles concerning Mr Sean Buckley, the head of Ultra Tune Australia, with regard to his alleged dealings with a criminal and underworld identity. The Herald Sun now accepts that the articles regarding [...]
An article titled “Ban For Russian Player” in last week’s Sunday Herald Sun about Ekaterina Bychkova’s (top) recent ban for match-fixing offences was accompanied incorrectly by a photograph of tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The Sunday Herald Sun apologises for the error, which resulted from an incorrect caption supplied by an international photo agency. Pavlyuchenkova (bottom) [...]
We Goofy-ed. A story and photo caption in Monday’s paper confused two long-eared, beloved Disney cartoon characters. We said Goofy, but we meant Pluto. Report an error
AN ARTICLE published on July 20 stated that Chris Evert admitted in an interview to having an affair with Greg Norman while both were married to their previous partners, and the affair caused the demise of their marriages. That article was incorrect because Ms Evert did not make that admission. The Sunday Mail apologises to [...]
LAST week’s article on tax, Get Your Act Together by Mike Hanley, contained some inaccuracies. A tax return is usually between 17 and 48 pages, not up to 180 pages as stated. The Medicare rebate provides a 20 per cent refund of out of pocket medical expenses over $1500. The article stated that the Medicare [...]
Last week’s Sunday Herald Sun carried an opinion piece by Melbourne academic Anisa Buckley. The headline attached to the article indicated Ms Buckley was in favour of adopting some aspects of Islamic Sharia law in Australia. The Sunday Herald Sun wishes to affirm that Ms Buckley is not in favour of the adoption of Sharia [...]
