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Statement from Radio Skid Row Regarding ACMA Findings – 29th of September, 2025
Community radio station, Radio Skid Row, has made internal changes in response to recent Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) findings.
The ACMA found Skid Row in breach of two subparagraphs of the Broadcasting Services Act (1992). The government agency also found us not in breach of two codes of the Community Radio Broadcasting Codes of Practice.
The Board takes Skid Row’s licence seriously and simultaneously has concerns about the attempted silencing of those who are against the genocide in Gaza.
We were found in breach of two subparagraphs:
9(2)(c)(i) where we must encourage the community to be part of the operations of the station and
9(2)(c)(ii) where we must encourage the community to be part of programs as part of our licence.
We acknowledge that our policies and procedures were not strictly followed after a combative meeting. Please see our Q and As for more information about who we are and the changes we have made.
Editorial decisions about Palestine
The ACMA also found us not in breach of two codes:
Code 3.1(a) about not broadcasting material that is inherently violent or brutal and
Code 3.3 about not broadcasting material that will incite, vilify or perpetuate hatred based on nationality, race or religion.
These complaints were about the Pulse of Palestine program, broadcast on Fridays 10AM – 11AM.
Pulse of Palestine features interviews about life under occupation and what is happening in Gaza. The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia nominated the program for a 2025 Community Broadcasting Award. Pulse’s nomination is for Best Program: Talks on Koori Radio.
We continue to stand by our editorial decision to broadcast the program, which features different researchers, activists, writers and others active around Palestine.
On silencing in relation to Palestine
Radio Skid Row has been targeted for having Free Palestine stickers and newspapers that report on Palestine in our station.
This has been linked to the broadcasting of Palestinian content, which is argued to inherently offend the Jewish community.
We acknowledge the diversity of opinions and ideas across all communities and amongst Radio Skid Row presenters, staff, volunteers and members.
Nonetheless, as a Board, we stand against all genocides and systems of oppression. We strongly believe that justice is not a zero-sum game.
We also respect the finding from these organisations that there is a genocide in Gaza perpetuated by Israel:
° Amnesty International
° B’Tselem
° Doctors Without Borders
° European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
° Human Rights Watch
° The International Association of Genocide Scholars
° The International Criminal Court
° Physicians for Human Rights Israel
° The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied
Palestinian Territory and
° The United Nations State Committee.
Radio Skid Row history
Radio Skid Row has supported liberation movements such as anti-Apartheid and First Nations peoples’ land rights from the ’80s.
We give space to people who are more marginalised in the media and who want to talk to their community. Volunteers present music programs, talk shows, community news, and much more.
Skid Row has a 42-year history of proudly covering a wide range of issues affecting oppressed people and people in our beautiful community.
We will not stop now.
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