Broadcasting Services (International Broadcasting) Guidelines 2026
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19 Presentation of matter
(1) The matter in a program should not be presented in a manner that is likely to cause a substantial component of the international audience to panic.
(2) If a program includes matter about the behaviour of a group of people or businesses, the matter should not identify unfairly an individual member of the group.
(3) A program should not include matter that identifies or depicts an individual or a group of people in a negative way, based on the gratuitous emphasis of any of the following attributes:
(a) age;
(b) colour;
(c) gender;
(d) national or ethnic origin;
(e) physical or mental disability;
(f) race;
(g) religion; or
(h) sexual preference.
(4) However, subsection (3) does not apply if the broadcast of the matter is in the public interest.