Tag: Annabel Crabb
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No satire or ridicule please – this is parliament
I had not previously been aware that the rules of parliamentary broadcasting preclude “satire and ridicule”. Annabel Crabb raises the issue at the ABC, and reports that many politicians themselves are unaware of this. First, prohibiting ridicule does seem a little redundant. One may well decree that there shalt be no ridicule, but it’s meaningless when…
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Abbott’s contribution
There is something terribly misanthropic about this sentence: PS. Click to donate to help our campaign against Labor’s flood tax This is the flood tax intended to pay for the rebuilding of Queensland’s public infrastructure, and the sentence appeared in an email sent by Tony Abbott. I know it’s your job to oppose things Tony,…