Somebody pays attention to New Zealand

6 responses to “Somebody pays attention to New Zealand”

1. 
   Amanda

   July 31, 2007 at 2:53 pm | Permalink

   Heh. When I saw the headline in Bloglines, I just knew this is what it would be.

2. 
   Kieran Bennett

   July 31, 2007 at 3:19 pm | Permalink

   And who stood up for freedom of speech on this occasion? Who else:

   The Green party tried to strike out the no-satire condition, but was voted down 111-6

3. 
   Katz

   July 31, 2007 at 3:49 pm | Permalink

   Is footage of NZ pollies rooting sheep regarded as satire under the Act?

4. 
   Michael

   August 1, 2007 at 11:30 am | Permalink

   Is footage of NZ pollies rooting sheep regarded as satire under the Act?

   It’s only if they root sheep in parliament as I understand the law. And only if it is considered denigrating, which may not be the case across the tasman.

5. 
   Stephen L

   August 2, 2007 at 11:39 pm | Permalink

   Actually, with that kind of material to play with I’m surprised Stewart couldn’t make more of it. Frankly this is like that old favourite “this statement is false”. Passing a law like this inherently holds parliament up to satire.

   Plus what Keiran said.

6. 
   Gummo Trotsky

   August 3, 2007 at 2:22 am | Permalink

   I think maybe our friends across the Tasman got the idea from this web-site:

   The Commonwealth Parliament makes the broadcast material available on the following condition :

   * The material shall not be used for:
   o political party advertising or election campaigning
   o satire or ridicule

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