ABC to revise editorial guidelines on satire after Gina Rinehart programme furore

ABC managing director Hugh Marks announced changes to the broadcaster's editorial guidelines on satire and violence following the airing of a four-minute film, "A Very Relaxing Video", on 12 July that featured offensive comments about billionaire Gina Rinehart. The new guidelines will ensure no individual is "the subject of comedy that is violent in its description". Academics and advocates have raised concerns that the changes go too far and could restrict legitimate satire.