[LINK] The Internet and the Election - no blackout

[Stilgherrian]

There's a nice summary and discussion of the rules on political advertising
at the Parliamentary Library.

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rb/2004-05/05rb05.htm

I've posted a few discussion points.

http://stilgherrian.com/politics/political_advertising_blackout_loophole/

Quick summary:

 1. Why does the blackout only apply to ³electronic media²? Are we
    really so vulnerable? Or is this just a 50-year-old echo of the ³moral
    panic² that accompanied that dangerous new medium of television?

 2. If we need thinking time before making big decisions then why
    doesn¹t the cooling-off period apply to all big decisions?

 3. Is ³Internet advertising² more like TV and radio, or like newspapers?

Stil


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