The Queensland African Communities Council said it has “no confidence” in media regulator the Australian Press Council after it ruled a front page newspaper story labelling two African Australian women “enemies of the state” was not racist.
Responding to complaints made to the council, News Corp’s Courier-Mail denied responsibility for a torrent of racial vilification and death threats the women received after the story was published.
The newspaper published the identities of the two women who tested positive for COVID-19 and caused an outbreak in Brisbane and Logan last year following a false declaration when returning from Melbourne.