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The Keep Australia Australian television advertisements hit the screens this week but you won't be seeing them any more in Queensland until after Saturday's election.

Free TV, is an industry body which represents all of Australia's commercial free-to-air television licencees, and which is the industry body that controls the ads that are screened on television.

They have told me: "The Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (BSA), provides that election matter cannot be aired during the media advertising blackout period which commences midnight on Wednesday before polling day and ends at the close of polls on polling day. To do so is a breach of licence conditions for broadcasters.

"Election matter in relation to an election includes matter commenting on, stating or indicating any of the matters being submitted to the electors at the election or any part of the policy of a candidate at the election or of the political party to which a candidate at the election belongs.
 
"As candidates in the election have publicly stated positions on the issues referred to in the Keep Australia Australian advertisements in the context of the Queensland election, Free TV has formed the view that the advertisements are election matter under the BSA. The advertisement may air in Queensland after the conclusion of the blackout period ie after close of polls on Saturday night."
 
You can always watch them on my website and send the link to all your friends.
 
It is interesting that the Chinese have blocked foreign invesment in one of their companies.  
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# Ant
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00 AM
Barnaby
More power to your arm.
Readers of The Times will know that China has refused to allow Coca-Cola to buy a juice company in China, yet China intends to buy Rio - article link is http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article5930274.ece
Hopefully Wayne Swan will wake up before it is too late.
Keep up the good work
Ant.
# Gary
Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:57 PM
But this is a federal issue and not a state election issue?

Sen Joyce is spot on, on the other hand. The Chinese will just do a transfer pricing exercise and sell to themselves at such a low price that the Australian operations make no profit on paper and therefore pay no tax at all.

Once upon a time you needed to invade another country to get their resources. Now its easier I guess.

In my Uni lectures I have Chinese students - and when it comes to business ethics they don’t “get it”. In their culture they honour doing the best for your family well above being ethical in business.

That means they are much better than many Australians at looking after the aged. And it also means they will do us in without a blink of remorse or guilt.

I am not saying one culture is right or wrong. But I am saying that Sen Joyce has got it right and we all need to fight this one.

Given the Prime Minister’s love of all things Mandarin this will be a tough one.
# JeffT
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:04 PM
I agree, Sen Joyce has got it right.

The distressing thing about all this is he appears to be unsupported in this action by any other, from Googling 'Chinalco', a lot of sites report Sen Barnaby Joyce, but do not mention any other member.

And where does the Foreign Investment Review Board stand in all this? Have they been conveniently neutered?

The Chinese (government) now owns natural gas fields and some large cattle properties in Australia, we definitely don't need any more to go to China.

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