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==Fines== 2UE was fined $360,000 for Laws's improper conduct.<ref name="jla">{{Cite news |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/john-laws-ads-cost-2ue-radio-360000-20090717-dnlb.html |title=John Laws' ads cost 2UE radio $360,000 |author=Katelyn Catanzariti |accessdate=18 July 2011 |date=17 July 2009 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> Initially the radio station was to pay the [[Australian Communications and Media Authority]] (ACMA), the succeeding media regulatory agency to the ABA, AUD$10,000 for each of the 13 breaches involving a [[sponsor (commercial)|sponsor]] disclosure requirement. The Communications Law Centre intervened, arguing that a harsher penalty was appropriate.<ref name="jla"/> This led to the Federal Court imposing a larger fine.
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