I read a lot of letters written by the government as part of my job, dechiphering what they mean and how they impact on the community and organisation I work for... in Aussie of course...

In light of this being called a "Fairness Bill"

I'd be a little bit concerned by the good Senator's statement...

"nor should artists be unfairly compensated for their life's work."

Why the turn of phrase "Nor/ Unfairly" double negative?

My guess is that does not commit him to an actual position either way... The statement could mean he supports the Artist view they would be unfairly comphensated if the bill went ahead, or it could just as correctly mean he supports the bill, because the Artists are unfairly comphensated and get paid too much....

For the record both of those positions can be accurately represented by the statement.

If he wanted to be clear in support of Artists.. he would have said "Artists should be fairly comphensated"

Unfortunatly political double speak suits him better as does hedging...

BTW ... I support JPF and its position on the matter.



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