In 1975, Australia’s taxpayer-funded ABC gave pedophiles a national stage to brag about abusing children.
For 42 mins, predators laughed, boasted and normalised their crimes.
Then @abcnews buried the tape — and lied to Parliament about it.
Let's blow this scandal wide open 🧵
For 42 mins, predators laughed, boasted and normalised their crimes.
Then @abcnews buried the tape — and lied to Parliament about it.
Let's blow this scandal wide open 🧵
The recording still exists.
John Adams (@adamseconomics) has heard it.
But ordinary Australians are forbidden to.
The ABC has locked the tape away, issued gag orders, and deceived our elected representatives to keep its darkest secret hidden.
Here’s the truth👇
John Adams (@adamseconomics) has heard it.
But ordinary Australians are forbidden to.
The ABC has locked the tape away, issued gag orders, and deceived our elected representatives to keep its darkest secret hidden.
Here’s the truth👇
On 14 July 1975, Lateline aired an “interview” with four men and a teenage boy.
For nearly an hour, they admitted to:
• Grooming children with gifts
• Targeting broken families
• Lurking near schools for victims
• Abusing toddlers
And they laughed about it.
For nearly an hour, they admitted to:
• Grooming children with gifts
• Targeting broken families
• Lurking near schools for victims
• Abusing toddlers
And they laughed about it.
The host himself, Richard Neville, openly admitted to being a pederast.
Instead of exposing predators, he gave them a platform — joking and laughing alongside men who described how they groomed and abused boys.
This was broadcast on national radio.
Instead of exposing predators, he gave them a platform — joking and laughing alongside men who described how they groomed and abused boys.
This was broadcast on national radio.
One man bragged about keeping up to 12 boys “on rotation.”
Another said 12-year-olds could give “rational consent” to sex with men decades older.
ABC chairman Richard Downing, defended it publicly:
“In general, men will sleep with young boys... the community ought to know.”
Another said 12-year-olds could give “rational consent” to sex with men decades older.
ABC chairman Richard Downing, defended it publicly:
“In general, men will sleep with young boys... the community ought to know.”
This isn’t some dark conspiracy theory.
The broadcast is so infamous it has its own dedicated Wikipedia page.
This was a real ABC production, aired nationally, defended by its chairman, and condemned in Parliament and the press.
The broadcast is so infamous it has its own dedicated Wikipedia page.
This was a real ABC production, aired nationally, defended by its chairman, and condemned in Parliament and the press.
Not everyone stayed silent about it.
The Rev Fred Nile filed a police complaint immediately after the broadcast and publicly condemned the ABC for platforming predators.
A newspaper clipping from the time records his warning: this was corruption of children, not “education.”
The Rev Fred Nile filed a police complaint immediately after the broadcast and publicly condemned the ABC for platforming predators.
A newspaper clipping from the time records his warning: this was corruption of children, not “education.”
Fred Nile was right. This was perversion posing as journalism.
It was the normalisation of child exploitation — funded by the public purse.
And instead of reckoning with that disgrace, the ABC has spent decades concealing it.
It was the normalisation of child exploitation — funded by the public purse.
And instead of reckoning with that disgrace, the ABC has spent decades concealing it.
In 2023, Adams obtained the 1975 tape from ABC archives.
But he was forced to sign a contract banning him from publishing or sharing it “by any means, including social media.”
Translation: you can’t hear it.
Not unless the ABC chooses to release it.
But he was forced to sign a contract banning him from publishing or sharing it “by any means, including social media.”
Translation: you can’t hear it.
Not unless the ABC chooses to release it.
Worse still:
In 2018, Senator Eric Abetz asked the ABC in a parliamentary hearing about the 1975 broadcast.
The ABC’s official written reply?
“The ABC has no records of the interview.”
That was an outright lie.
In 2018, Senator Eric Abetz asked the ABC in a parliamentary hearing about the 1975 broadcast.
The ABC’s official written reply?
“The ABC has no records of the interview.”
That was an outright lie.
Five years later, Adams held the tape in his hands.
The ABC knew it existed.
They misled the Senate.
And when the ABC lies to Parliament, it lies to the people of Australia.
The ABC knew it existed.
They misled the Senate.
And when the ABC lies to Parliament, it lies to the people of Australia.
Senator Abetz' had made prior attempts at holding the ABC accountable.
In 2016, he asked if the ABC would apologise for the 1975 broadcast.
They refused.
The official reply? It was a “legitimate news item” consistent with editorial standards.
That response speaks volumes.
In 2016, he asked if the ABC would apologise for the 1975 broadcast.
They refused.
The official reply? It was a “legitimate news item” consistent with editorial standards.
That response speaks volumes.
Why does this matter in 2025?
Because:
• The tape includes admissions of serious crimes.
• Suppression insults survivors of abuse.
• Deception of Parliament erodes democratic accountability.
• Similar scandals continue in politics and childcare today.
Because:
• The tape includes admissions of serious crimes.
• Suppression insults survivors of abuse.
• Deception of Parliament erodes democratic accountability.
• Similar scandals continue in politics and childcare today.
The law provides a remedy.
Section 78A of the ABC Act empowers the Communications Minister to direct the ABC to release material in the national interest.
If ever there was a case for that power, it is this one.
The truth must be heard.
Section 78A of the ABC Act empowers the Communications Minister to direct the ABC to release material in the national interest.
If ever there was a case for that power, it is this one.
The truth must be heard.
Australians can demand accountability.
Contact Communications Minister Annika Wells (@AnikaWells) at:
minister.wells@mo.communications.gov.au
Write to your local MP and senators.
Tell them: the ABC must release the 1975 recording.
Contact Communications Minister Annika Wells (@AnikaWells) at:
minister.wells@mo.communications.gov.au
Write to your local MP and senators.
Tell them: the ABC must release the 1975 recording.
Releasing the 1975 recording would:
• Expose how predators justified abuse
• Equip the public to recognise such rhetoric today
• Confront the ABC’s past corruption
• Show Parliament’s oversight still matters
Silence protects institutions, not children.
• Expose how predators justified abuse
• Equip the public to recognise such rhetoric today
• Confront the ABC’s past corruption
• Show Parliament’s oversight still matters
Silence protects institutions, not children.
For nearly 50 years, the ABC has carried this shame:
First it defended it.
Then it suppressed it.
Then it lied about it.
That cannot be allowed to continue.
First it defended it.
Then it suppressed it.
Then it lied about it.
That cannot be allowed to continue.
Australians deserve to hear this tape. Accountability demands it.
If the ABC refuses, the Minister must compel it.
The time for secrecy is over.
If the ABC refuses, the Minister must compel it.
The time for secrecy is over.
Children’s safety is not negotiable.
The ABC’s darkest secret must be dragged — kicking and screaming if necessary — into the light.
J ustice and truth are never served by silence.
Will Australia confront this? Or will another generation be denied the truth?
The ABC’s darkest secret must be dragged — kicking and screaming if necessary — into the light.
J ustice and truth are never served by silence.
Will Australia confront this? Or will another generation be denied the truth?
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