Now that is is almost April, I thought I’d better follow up on the progress of the Solicitor-General’s action against Fairfax regarding the publication of the leaked information regarding the “Terrorist” raids in the Ureweras. Funny how these things tend to drop off the radar pretty quickly.
Well as of last December (2007) it looks like the SG has decided to issue contempt proceedings. There is also good article about the proceedings here.
Interestingly the incriminating articles have now disappeared from the Stuff site – presumably a consequence of the proceedings. This doesn’t erase the public memory of this however, and there has been plenty of opportunity for people to cache/copy/distribute the information further.
Meanwhile, the country is gearing up to what has been billed as one of the largest trials ever.
Fasten your seatbelts! September 2008 is also predicted by political commentators to be the most likely month for NZ’s national election.