More than half of the issues raised in ABC content complaints in 2023 related to the Israel-Gaza war, the latest report from the public broadcaster’s ombudsman has found.

The report, released on Thursday morning, is the first full-year edition from Fiona Cameron, who was appointed as ABC’s independent ombudsman in August 2022. It reveals 24,533 total complaints received across the 12 months ending in December 2023.

Of the complaints, 19,313 were general, while 5220 related to specific content. In the content complaints, 6539 separate issues were raised which Cameron said was a five-year high, owing to an organised campaign about a single episode of Q+A in November, alleging bias in favour of Israel.

Nearly a third of the issues raised in content complaints related to the single episode, while 11 per cent related to coverage of the Indigenous Voice to parliament.

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The ombudsman’s office investigated 56 per cent of content complaints across the year, with 90 per cent not upheld, meaning they were dismissed.

About 10 per cent of content complaints were marked as “resolved” or “upheld”. Removing the complaint issues relating to the Q+A episode, this figure rose to 19 per cent.

The episode, which aired on November 13, was prerecorded and filmed without a studio audience.

The panel consisted of host Patricia Karvelas, alongside Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council chairman Mark Leibler, Liberal politician and a former ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma, UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese, Labor MP Tim Watts and Australian Palestine Advocacy Network president Nasser Mashni. There was police presence at the ABC’s Melbourne studio on the day of filming.