Adjudication No. 1062 (November 1999) [1999] APC 56

ADJUDICATION No. 1062 (November 1999)

The Press Council has dismissed a complaint by Gary Dean against The Courier-Mail.

The complainant asserted that the paper had failed in its duty to the people of Queensland in giving insufficient prominence and content to a report relating to the sinking of a boat carrying illegal immigrants to Australia resulting in significant loss of life. He pointed to articles of greater substance on the issue in other papers.

The Courier-Mail stated that it had made an editorial decision that the issue had been sufficiently covered in other media reports and that the reporting of other news should be given priority. This was a judgment that the paper was entitled to make.