Free time for political advertisements during elections

August 12th, 2008 • Australia, Media, Political

Remember Sally Young’s book The Persauders? She also recently testified at an inquiry into political advertising at the last Federal Election, saying that TV stations should be required to give free time to political parties during election campaigns to address the tremendous costs incurred during political campaigns. Of course this has some issues in regards to who decides who gets aired and in what proportions – if not designed right it could just contribute to the stranglehold the two parties have on Australian politics. Also let’s not forget Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth and the implied right to political communication – the last time this was tried it was struck down by the High Court.

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