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Thursday, February 17, 2005

Sydney Radio Station 2UE ORDERED to apologise.

Laws, Price ordered to apologise for gay vilification

Commercial radio station 2UE has been ordered to broadcast apologies for anti-gay comments made by two of its presenters.

The Administrative Decisions Tribunal found presenters Steve Price and John Laws had vilified homosexual men by making negative comments about two gay participants on the Channel Nine program The Block.

The case was brought to the tribunal by gay activist Gary Burns.

This morning the tribunal has ordered 2UE to broadcast apologies by Mr Price and Mr Laws, and then publish the same apologies on their website and in major newspapers.

The Sydney station has already announced it plans to appeal against the tribunal decision.

1 comment:

GayNews said...

Laws believe himself to be beyond the law and STILL refuses to apologise.

Email, phone and fax Sydney radio station 2UE, to express your disappointment at their support of Laws.

Contact John Laws personal sponsors (below) and express your feelings about this homophobe and his vilifying remarks.

RADIO 2UE:
176 Pacific Hwy
Greenwich NSW 2065
Ph: 9930 9954
Open Line: 13 13 32

EMail : programs@2ue.com.au
Sponsors :-

Qantas Airways Limited
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
Valvoline (Australia) Pty Limited
Penrith Rugby League Club Limited,
Penrith District Rugby League Football Club Limited
The Great Australian Gazetteer
Telstra Corporation Limited
Insurance Australia Limited
Insurance Aust Group (NRMA Insurance, SGIO Insurance Ltd, SGIC General Insurance Ltd)
Roche Group Pty Limited
O’Brien Glass Industries Limited
McGuigan Simeon Wines Limited
Sony Music Entertainment (Australia)
Hamilton Island Limited