Twitter not banned at this year's ARIA Awards

Organisers of this year's ARIA Awards have denied that Twitter is banned from the event.

Celebrities attending the Australian music awards ceremony were believed to have been told to refrain from posting on the microblogging website during the event, but ARIA bosses have insisted quite the opposite.

Organisers told the Herald Sun that not only would guests be allowed to use social media during the show, but that they hoped the networking would help create a public buzz around the ARIAs.

Earlier this year, guests at the Logie Awards were banned from using Twitter after various controversies in the past. The Chaser's Dominic Knight and comedian Wil Anderson used the website to slam 2009 host Gretel Killeen's on-stage performance.

At the 2010 Logies, comedian and journalist Catherine Deveny was fired from her column in The Age after writing inappropriate tweets about Bindi Irwin. Anderson was also criticised again for his nasty comments about various guests and performers.

Dannii Minogue also announced on Twitter that Home and Away actor Ray Meagher had won the prestigious 'Gold Logie' award, half an hour before it was broadcast on television.

Dannii and her sister Kylie Minogue are believe to be attending this year's ARIA Awards together, as Kylie has been honoured with an induction into the Hall of Fame.

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