News: In the 7 PM bulletin on 08/05/2025 and News Breakfast on 09/05/2025, stories were run on the Bondi Junction Inquest. In those stories it was reported that the court was told that the first alarm went off 20 minutes after Joel Cauchi attacked his first victim. These stories should have said the court was told the first PA announcement was made approximately 20 minutes after Joel Cauchi attacked his first victim.
The Pacific: On 8 May 2025, in a story about Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele surviving an attempt to bring a motion of no confidence, it was stated that the situation began with the resignations of ten MPs, "including former prime ministers Manasseh Sogavare and Gordon Darcy Lilo". In fact, Gordon Darcy Lilo was not one of the ten MPs to resign from the government. He is not a member of the Manele government. The error was fixed for repeat broadcasts and on ABC iview.
ABC Illawarra: An article published on 11 October 2024 about the Illawarra Women’s Trauma Recovery Centre required further clarification on some of the improvement notices issued by SafeWork NSW. The story has been updated to more clearly reflect the findings from the SafeWork improvement notices. The story was also updated to clarify the time frame in which staff left the centre.
News: The 7pm news in the introduction on 5 May 2025 in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT reported that at that time the Coalition had won 49 seats of the federal election. The correct number was 39.
ABC News Breakfast: On 25 February a reporter misspoke during a live cross on the Genea cyber attack. She incorrectly mentioned Services Australia was subject to a data breach, when she in fact meant to reference Service NSW (an incident occurred in March 2020).
Compass: On 21 April 2025, several hours after the announcement of the death of Pope Francis, the 2024 Compass special 'Pope Francis The Disruptor' was repeated on ABC TV. It was accompanied by a new introduction in which presenter Geraldine Doogue said "The Vatican has announced that at the age of 88, Pope Francis has died due to complications with pneumonia". In fact, Pope Francis' cause of death was not known at the time, and was officially announced the following morning (Australian time) as a stroke and cardiac arrest. The program was updated on ABC iview to remove the reference to his cause of death.
Electronic and printed TV guides: An incorrect synopsis for the Compass program 'The Bishop Who Knew Too Much' was used on the ABC TV EPG and on TV guide listings on third party sites. It was also supplied for use in printed TV guides. The bulk of the synopsis was a direct copy of the tagline of Anne Manne's book 'Crimes of the Cross', used without permission or attribution. The tagline had referred to survivor Steve Smith, not Bishop Greg Thompson as suggested in the synopsis. This occurred due to human error; it was an early internal synopsis, not intended for public release. As soon as the Compass team became aware of the error, the synopsis was replaced on the ABC TV EPG, and it is in the process of being replaced on third party sites. Compass apologises to Steve Smith, Anne Manne and her publisher Black Inc. for the error.
Vote Compass: On 9 March 2025 the page on Vote Compass asking for the ethnic or cultural origins of users’ ancestors was updated to add a number of national and ethnic groups that were not initially included. The original options were based on categories used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The new options are drawn from the United Nations list of member states and include additional groups, mostly from several smaller countries. This information is optional to provide and has no impact on the user’s individual results.
ABC Darwin: On 20 September 2024 an episode of Spin Cycle on ABC News Darwin Breakfast stated that Gerard Richardson, a co-founder of Brookline Advisory, was advising the former Northern Territory Government at the time that it approved fracking in the Northern Territory. Mr Richardson asserts that is false. The ABC does not dispute that assertion. We apologise to Mr Richardson and to our listeners for any misunderstanding caused.
ABC Ballarat: On March 4 a story on the City of Ballarat council stripping an environmental group of a $285,000 grant incorrectly implied that Council had terminated the grant despite the resignation of a board member about whom there had been a complaint, thereby not honouring its undertaking to maintain the grant if the board member resigned. The board member resigned after the Council’s decision.
ABC Radio Riverina: on 19 March, Director of Energy Research at the Centre for Independent Studies Aidan Morrison was incorrectly referred to as ‘Aidan Richardson’ during two news bulletins and the Breakfast program
Radio News: On 31 March ABC Radio News reported that current and former members of the New South Wales Law Enforcement Conduct Commission were calling for further investigation into corrupt policeman Mark Standen's crimes. This was incorrect. It was the parliamentary oversight body.
News Online: An online story published on 24 April 2024 included a statement from Ms Ellery that Mr Amara’s building licence was cancelled. The minister’s office has since clarified she meant Collier Homes’ licence as an entity was cancelled, not Mr Amara’s. Mr Amara maintained continuous registration as a builder throughout this period and maintains his longstanding status as both a registered building practitioner and contractor.
News: On March 16, ABC News reported that, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), the previous night was the hottest March night in 149 years. The BOM later confirmed this was not correct because daily meteorological records are kept from 9am to 9am. On Saturday morning the temperature was 24.5 degrees Celsius, making it the highest March minimum temperature in at least eight years on that 24-hour measurement.
ABC News: On February 26, across AM, News Breakfast and radio news, a story based on statements by the federal government stated that 340 houses had been built under the Housing Australia Future Fund. It subsequently emerged through the Senate Estimates process that the houses had not been built, but had instead been "acquired and converted".
ABC News: An online article, Instagram post and 7PM news story on February 26, 2025, about the spotlight on strata managers incorrectly stated the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) had ordered LJ Hooker Strata to pay the owners of a unit complex in Canberra’s north the maximum compensation of $1,000. The ACAT did not make any orders against LJ Hooker Strata.
News online: An article published on February 14, 2025, stated that the purchase of Alaska happened in 1865. This was incorrect the purchase occurred in 1867.
ABC News: across various ABC News stories the federal court case between the ABC and Ms Lattouf was incorrectly referred to as an unfair dismissal claim. The case is not unfair dismissal, it is unlawful termination
ABC News: On January 26, a 7PM news story about the Australia Day Honours for 2025 erroneously reported Elizabeth Habermann was honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia for her work at St John Ambulance. Mrs Habermann was recognised for her work for the South Australian Ambulance Service.
News: On 27 January 2025 a report during ABC National News stated that Jordan Mailata would become the first Australian to twice play in the Super Bowl. Mitch Wishnowsky had already twice played in the Super Bowl, in 2020 and 2024.
triple j Hack: On 30 January 2025 a story referred to Palestinians released by Israel as part of the ceasefire deal as "political prisoners". The group, which includes individuals serving life sentences for deadly attacks and individuals detained during the war but not charged, should have been referred to as "prisoners and detainees" or "prisoners".
News Channel: On January 22 and 23 the wrong vision was inadvertently used during coverage of the arrest of two men, accused of an anti-Semitic attack at a synagogue in Sydney's Newtown. The CCTV footage, which played in some bulletins, related to a separate alleged anti-Semitic attack at a synagogue in Sydney's south. An on air correction was issued.
News Channel: On January 8 a guest on the News Channel stated that the funnel-web anti-venom was developed at the Australian Reptile Park. This was not correct. The venom was collected at the park but the anti-venom was developed by the Commonwealth Serem Laboratories in 1980.
ABC Radio Melbourne: On 27 December 2024 a number of news bulletins from 5.30am-11am incorrectly reported that Victoria's fire danger ratings were extreme when in fact they were rated high with Northern Central being moderate.
730: On or around 9 August 2023 and 2 October 2023 the ABC broadcast two programs on 7.30 as well as accompanying news articles regarding Mr Xin De Wang (Master Wang) and Holy Tantra Esoteric Buddhism Incorporated, also known as Jin-Gang-Dhyana (JGD) on the www.abc.net.au website and on YouTube.
The programs included allegations to the effect that JGD operated like a cult run by Mr Wang. Mr Wang denies that JGD is a cult, and the ABC acknowledges Mr Wang’s denial.
It has been brought to the ABC’s attention that some readers and viewers commented on the YouTube publication suggesting Mr Wang is a convicted criminal, a conman or a spy. The ABC does not endorse the views of readers or viewers who posted those comments online.
