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Marty Sheargold’s sexist comments about the Matildas breached decency rules, regulator finds

The Guardian - Media · Amanda Meade · last updated

Acma rules the ‘demeaning and sarcastic’ comments broadcast on Austereo network showed a ‘level of contempt and disdain for women’s sport’

Four Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) radio stations breached decency rules when they broadcast Marty Sheargold’s “sexist” and “demeaning” comments about women’s sport and the Matildas, the broadcasting watchdog has found.

Seven months after Sheargold lost his job after saying the Australian women’s national football team was behaving like “Year 10 girls”, an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) has ruled the “demeaning and sarcastic” comments demonstrated a “level of contempt and disdain for women’s sport, and more generally of women”.

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