The head of the ABC has apologised to a former special forces commando and his regiment after the national broadcaster revealed it had added gunshots to a footage used in a war crimes story.

The review found the error was made in an attempt to create a ‘compelling piece of current affairs television’.

The ABC has submitted the final Independent Review Report, conducted by Mr Alan Sunderland, to the Senate and the Senate ...

An independent report has ruled the ABC’s legal department simply failed to pass on a letter which warned of serious ‘discrepancies’ in a story about war crimes, almost two years before the public ...

“The ABC has already apologised and expressed regret for the editing errors, including to the members of the 2nd Commando Regiment,” Mr Anderson said. “The video was removed as soon as ...