Tag: Question Time
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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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Question time psychosis
I read (via the ABC) that our new Greens MP Adam Bandt believes that the hallowed institution of Question Time is in danger of becoming a farce: There is a real risk that we are about to lose one of the key opportunities that Parliament has to hold the executive accountable and to ask ministers…