Calling candidate C-word did not breach ABC standards, media watchdog says

Acma finds Tonightly with Tom Ballard segment about Australian Conservatives’ Kevin Bailey ‘comedic’

The ABC’s Tonightly with Tom Ballard did not breach ABC standards for harm and offence by broadcasting a segment which used the word “cunt” when highlighting the racist past of the grazier John Batman, the broadcasting watchdog has ruled.

In a skit aired in March, a candidate for Cory Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives party, Kevin Bailey, was lampooned about the name of the electorate of Batman.

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