WEBVTT - ABC apologises for Gina Rinehart ‘torture’ skit 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:04.480 Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:10.440 the Front's afternoon headlines, A bad joke, a lapse in oversight, 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:15.000 and the inevitable apology. The ABC's Managing director, Hugh Marks 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:18.360 has told Jenna Reinhardt the broadcaster is sorry for a 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:20.959 skit aired in the Race Around the World program on 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.680 July twelve. In the segment, contestant Kate McGinnis created a 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:30.200 doomsday scenario in which the billionaire would be violently tortured. 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:33.840 It's been nearly a month since it aired, and until 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:36.800 now all the ABC has said is that the program 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:40.800 was being reviewed by its own ombardsman, even as Reinhardt 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:45.640 contemplated legal action and calls mounted for an apology. Now 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:50.080 the ombardsman has found the ABC's editorial policies were not breached, 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:53.680 but Hu Mark said on Thursday that suggested the policies 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:57.280 themselves might be part of the problem. The video has 0:00:57.320 --> 0:01:01.440 been edited out of episodes available on ABIBC streaming platforms, 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:04.720 and Hu March said the ABC acknowledges the episode has 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:09.400 fallen short of community expectations. He said the ABC apologizes 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:12.920 to missus Reinhardt and to anyone else affected or upset 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:15.880 by the publication of the film. Race Around the World 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:20.000 is created by external production house Endemol Shine, which also 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:25.480 makes Master Chef and Married at First Sight. Animal experts 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:29.120 say Australia should be urgently vaccinating birds and other animals 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:32.119 against the H five N one bird flu, which has 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:36.920 already reportedly killed dozens of Greater crested turns near South 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:41.759 Australia's coast. Although New Zealand authorities have already successfully vaccinated 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:46.000 hundreds of wild birds, the Invasive Species Council says authorities 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:49.760 here have been secretive about what, if anything, they're doing. 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:53.400 The Federal government says several species, including birds such as 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:57.040 pelicans and cormorants, as well as seals, sea lions and 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:00.840 Tasmanian devils, are at serious risk of either catching the 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:06.600 virus or eating diseased or dead birds. The AFL club 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:10.280 Geelong struck a secret deal requiring a current player who 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:14.640 has suffered multiple concussions to assume all legal responsibility for 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:18.680 any further head knocks. The twenty twenty four contract acknowledged 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:22.280 the player was at serious risk of potentially lifelong harm 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:26.720 from future concussions, but allowed him to keep playing. It's 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:29.720 part of a growing tide of concern about head trauma 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:33.840 in contact sport. And that's an exclusive live now at 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:39.880 the Australian dot com Au. Plus come back to the 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:42.480 front tomorrow for our look at what's been an emotional 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:46.320 week at the Bondai Beach Massacre Royal Commission, with accusations 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:50.160 flying between Jewish community leaders and lawyers for Palestinian lobby 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:53.160 groups about the tone of questions asked in what has 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:57.639 until now been a very genteel forum. That's right here 0:02:57.840 --> 0:02:58.560 Friday morning,