Advertising ban?

[RaryGirl]

How long before the election is the media ban on all election advertising?

DH thinks it's 24 hours before DD1 thinks it's 72 hours ... I'm hoping DD1 is right :p

Anyone know?

[MimiGrace]

i think next election it should be 3 months :yes:

but i didn't even realise there was a limit so, thanks. at least i know there will be a reprieve a little bit in advance :goodvibes:

[sunnymummy]

It is due to finish on Wednesday! Get ready for the last minute push though.

[KatiesMum]

yeh 72 hrs



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Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 places three key requirements on the broadcasters of political advertisements. Clauses 3, 3A and 4 of Schedule 2 require broadcasters to:



give reasonable opportunities for the broadcasting of election matter to all political parties contesting the election that held seats in either the House of Representatives or the Senate immediately before the current election campaign (these broadcasts do not have to be free of charge)
follow the screening of political matter with a ‘written and authorised by’ tag containing the name of the party or person authorising the broadcast, the town, city or suburb in which the party or person is based, and the name of every speaker heard in the broadcast, and
cease political advertisements in the three days before polling day (from midnight on the Wednesday before polling day to the close of the poll on polling day).

its in [URL="http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rb/2004-05/05rb05.htm#rul"]here (http://www.aph.gov.au/library/index.htm)

[RaryGirl]

Woot! So we'll be inundated with all this crap ... oops I mean important mud slinging until Wednesday and then we're free to enjoy our media without it all. :yelclap:

ETA: And won't DD be happy to know something that dad didn't ... rofl!

[elleandsam]

Oh thank god! I'm so over all the political advertising!

[RaryGirl]

But wait ... we'll have an onslaught of it till midnight tonight!

[Myztiks#1Fan]

But wait ... we'll have an onslaught of it till midnight tonight!

thats when dvds come in handy :D

[giveitago]

It starts at midnight tonight.... bring it on!!!!
So sick of hearing about it!!!

[aliasmel]

I got a call on the phone today... it was a recorded message bagging out Julia and telling me to vote for Tony.

WTH? *** if I dont have enough dribble in my mail every day and on my t.v now they are hounded me with recorded phone messages!!
Even had that disclaimer they say at the end of the ads on this recording