Some are less equal than others

Radio broadcaster Alan Jones has been fined $1000 and placed on a nine months good behaviour bond for breaking a law that prohibits the public naming of juveniles associated with court cases.

Harbour Radio, which operates 2GB, was fined $3000 and the Telegraph was fined $4000 by the magistrate.

However, Jones's lawyer Nancy Mikhaiel said this morning the broadcaster had acted in good faith, believing that the Telegraph had received consent from the young man before it had published his name.

Jones largely read out an article from The Daily Telegraph, which said MWK was 16 at the time. MWK is the younger brother of MSK, MAK, MRK and MMK who are serving various sentences for rape and sexual assault. MWK was not accused of sexual offences.

Bold mine. The journalist and editor of The Daily Telegraph go unpunished.

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