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Broadcasting Services (International Broadcasting) Guidelines 2026

17Impartiality

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(1) A program should be impartial.

(2) As part of the assessment of impartiality in a program:

(a) it is not necessary for the presenter or editorial staff involved in the program to be uncritical or unquestioning of an event or opinion; and

(b) it is not necessary for the program to give equal time to the treatment of differing opinions about a matter.

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