Adjudication No. 1301 (adjudicated September 2005) [2005] APC 34

Adjudication No. 1301 (adjudciated September 2005)

The Australian Press Council has dismissed a complaint from Marian McDuie about an article, Land war surrender, published in the Sunday Mail, Adelaide, on 23 January 2005. The article was largely an update on the progress of the housing development at Aldinga on the Fleurieu Peninsula, south of Adelaide, giving details of the style, number and cost of houses likely to be completed by the end of the year.

Ms McDuie, a member of the Southern Eco Alliance, a community group that protested about the development, complained she was misquoted in the story. However the newspaper believes the quotation attributed to her was a fair and accurate reflection of what she said, and provided a copy of the reporter's notes in support.

The Australian Press Council is unable to determine that Ms McDuie was misquoted and therefore is unable to find that any of its principles have been breached.