The High Court found the Sydney radio station breached surveillance laws . The ACMA has won its appeal against an earlier Federal Court decision . The station could be penalised by temporarily being taken off air . Announcers Michael Christian and Mel Greig made the controversial call . In a statement on their website, they said that while it was not illegal to make such calls, there were "reasonable grounds" for doing so in this case because of the nature of the call. Soon after the hoax was publicised , one of the nurses committed suicide .
The High Court found the Sydney radio station breached surveillance laws . The ACMA has won its appeal against an earlier Federal Court decision . The station could be penalised by temporarily being taken off air . Announcers Michael Christian and Mel Greig made the controversial call . They duped staff into revealing the condition of the Duchess of Cambridge . Soon after the hoax was publicised , one of the nurses committed suicide .