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SBS podcast about AUSTRALIA’S FIRST GREEK, GEORGE MANUEL, contains errors and omissions and fails to apply SBS Code of Practice.

SBS's podcast  ‘Community Starters - Greek’  described as the story of George Manuel (also known as Emanuel and Manual) is published by SBS on the internet here: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/who-was-the-first-greek-in-australia-this-new-podcast-claims-to-have-the-answer/ulrgo7umn SBS has known about errors and omissions in the podcast since Wednesday 13 November 2024 when my complaint was lodged with the SBS Ombudsman. The complaint noted that the podcast failed to meet the requirements of the SBS Code of Practice clause 3.2 ‘Accuracy’. The SBS Ombudsman declined to investigate the complaint because it was outside the time limit - four (4) weeks from the date the podcast was first made available to SBS’s audience. The SBS Ombudsman referred the complaint to its News and Current Affairs division as ‘feedback’ on 14 November 2024 since when no action has been taken to correct the errors and omissions in the podcast, or to withdraw it. Documentary evidence has indeed been ...