The Greens oppose the CPRS not because it is too weak, but because it will point Australia in the wrong direction with little prospect of turning it around in the timeframe within which emissions must peak, says Senator Christine Milne.
$360,000 final price tag for the Golden Tonsils
|
18 months after his final broadcast, John Laws’ former employer, Radio 2UE has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay $360,000, for 13 separate breaches of sponsorship guidelines in Laws’ final months on-air. The fines relate to Laws failing to properly mention his sponsorship arrangements with Qantas, Telstra, Hamilton Island and Oately Family Wines. This includes a staggering four breaches in his last show alone. The guidelines were set for Laws following the cash-for-comment scandal and required Laws to declare his sponsorship arrangements whenever they were mentioned on-air. In response, Laws frequently complained about having to ring his special sponsor cow bell each time a sponsor was mentioned and often compared the media watchdog, ACMA, to the skin ailment acne. The case was the first of its kind to be heard by the Federal Court. |
|
|
