Courier Mail misled readers about writer’s qualifications, finds Press Council

The Courier Mail has been wrist-slapped by the Australian Press Council (APC) over a series of “independent analysis” pieces into Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association (PMSA) schools.

Five articles were published in the Courier Mail in February based on an “independent analysis” undertaken by a “forensic accountant” which claimed, amongst other things, that Clayfield College “was on the bring of collapse”, the PSMA had “mismanaged funds” and students had also seen a drop in their Year 12 academic OP (overall positions) scores.