He didn’t mean it to apply to him! He’s exempt of course.
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Um, this is a bill before the House of Reps. It is not law (yet). It may never become law.
As a private member’s bill, it doesn’t have the support of the government behind it. (That doesn’t mean that the government opposes it, only that they have not proposed it or introduced it to parliament.)
Because of the timing - almost at the end of the sitting year and potentially going into an election next year before any further sittings - this bill may just lapse.
Until it becomes law, every party, independent and candidate is entitled to spam you.
Even if it becomes law, every party, independent and candidate is entitled to spam you but they must provide an unsubscribe function.
The bill’s home page: Unsolicited Political Communications Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 – Parliament of Australia
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In what possible world would it be imagined that politicians would legislate to prevent themselves from political advertising, no matter the medium. SMS, mail, TV. et al.
Sharkie’s PM bill is nonsense.
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The possible world where the perceived benefit to politicians outweighs the perceived cost?
That bill is on today’s business for the House, albeit that there seems to be too much to get through. I am not aware that Lib/Lab has expressed an opinion on it.
I wouldn’t call the bill nonsense. It seems justified, although the documentation (the EM) doesn’t indicate that all the issues have been thoroughly explored - and it is muddying the waters by including in the one bill a completely unrelated issue relating to use of actors in political advertising.
No it is not. The only way it would get on the schedule is if the Gov put it there. And they haven’t. Or if there was a sucessful suspension of standing orders motion promoted by the Opposition, and they haven’t.
