Qld: ABA takes hard line with QTQ 9

AAP General News (Australia)
02-04-2000
Qld: ABA takes hard line with QTQ 9

BRISBANE, Feb 4 AAP - The Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) will sanction the
Nine Network for breaching licensing conditions by advertising inappropriate programs
during children's viewing times.

The ABA intends to impose an additional condition on the licence of QTQ Brisbane following
its televising of promotions for M-classified programs in G-rated viewing times.

"This is the first time the ABA has notified a licensee of the ABA's intention to make
compliance with a code of practice a condition of licence," Professor David Flint, ABA
chairman …