>At the new Australian Museums On Line web site it is noted:
>http://amol.org.au & http://amol.org.au/amol/WhatsNew.shtml
>...Under the Caretaker Conventions until the results of the election
>are known, election-related material must not be published ...
>--
>As the above edict is presumably the correct interpretation of current
>legislation .. does one assume that anyone posting, "vote for .." on a
>list or site, besides being quite boring, is now also breaking the law?...
This is a convention, rather than a law. It is related to the issue I raised
on Link (before the election was called) concerning how the usual
conventions of public service neutrality during an election period would be
interpreted in the on-line environment. I suspect that posting may have
precipitated the edict.
The idea is that the resources of the Public Service should not be used to
support the election campaign of the political party in Government.
Tom Worthington http://www.acslink.net.au/~tomw PO Box 13
Immediate Past President Belconnen ACT 2617
Australian Computer Society tomw@acslink.net.au
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