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Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has performed an incredible double back flip and demonstrated he is unfit for office.
The Attorney-General yesterday criticised everyone from members of the public, every political party and news outlets, for opposing his changes to the Electoral Act which require all political material on the internet during an election campaign to have a name and address.
The Advertiser yesterday published comments from Mr Atkinson which stated:
“The Adelaide Now website is not just a sewer of criminal defamation, it is a sewer of identity theft and fraud.”
Later in the day he reversed his position and declared the law was inappropriate and people should be able to publish comments on the internet anonymously.
Today Mr Atkinson dismissed calls from the Liberal Party to immediately institute regulations which would protect anonymous bloggers until the law could be changed after the election and told ABC 891 listeners:
“we can’t just suspend the operation of the law, as Vickie Chapman … seems to think we can do … it’s unlawful …”
However less than three hours later Mr Atkinson changed his position and announced he would be adopting Shadow Attorney-General Vickie Chapman’s demand.
Ms Chapman says Mr Atkinson’s stunning double back flip has exposed he is a liability to the people of South Australia.
“Michael Atkinson isn’t just a liability to the Rann Government he is a liability to the general public.
“He makes off the cuff comments which are unnecessary and in some cases cost the tax payer money.
“Michael Atkinson’s comments and actions during the past 48 hours have again demonstrated he is unfit for office.”
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