Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] favourite posters

Julian Shaw julian at monkeyfamily.freeserve.co.uk
Sat Oct 23 01:41:21 MDT 2004


I'd be interested to know why it's illegal.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tari, Vince" <Vince.Tari at nmhg.com>
To: <powderworks at cs-lists.cs.colorado.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 12:29 AM
Subject: FW: [Powderworks] favourite posters


> 
> Dave wrote ; 
>  
>  >I too would love to get my hands on a PG Campaign poster.
>  
>  All you need is a ladder, a pair of pliers & some courage. 
>  There are still some PG posters nailed about 3 metres up on 
>  telegraph poles in his electorate. This has been a 
>  contentious issue on Sydney talkback radio, as it is illegal 
>  to display such posters after an election. 
>  
>  The right wing talkback hosts are having a field day with 
>  this, claiming that PG should practice the Greenie policies 
>  he preaches & remove the "offensive" posters immediately. The 
>  recent wet weather is being blamed for the delay in removing 
>  the posters.
>  
>  The irony is that the PG's Liberal opponent has just as many 
>  of his posters still up as well.
>  
>  I guess you could try his electoral office - they may have 
>  some left over ?