![]() ![]() Under the Criminal Code it is illegal to use "aĬarriage service" (that includes phones, emails, texts and Repeated calls can amount to harassment, stalking or bullying. Is open to jail time of up to three years.Įven if the prankster doesn't threaten their victim, Offences: Threatening to kill or cause serious harm to someone -Īnd not just the person on the phone Making a hoax bomb threat isĪ crime Making prank calls to 000 pretending there is an emergency ![]() There are many prank phone calls that can be considered criminal Surveillance Devices Act under which it is illegal to record aĬonversation without the other person's permission and toīroadcast a recorded private conversation without permission. The radio station may also have broken the law under the NSW Have apologised for the prank and said they are devastated by the The two radio hosts involved in the prank When a nurse who spoke to the caller thinking it was the Queen Tragically, the hoax call went badly wrong High Court has found the Australian Communications and MediaĪuthority had the power to rule that a radio station broke the lawīy recording and broadcasting the hoax call without the hospitalĮmployees' consent. Queen and Prince Philip asking about the Duchess of Cambridge. The issue is in the news because of the notorious prank call byĪ Sydney radio station to the London hospital pretending to be the Prankster facing serious criminal charges, convictions and time in They might be meant as fun, but pranks can end up with the ![]()
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