Tasmania’s Mercury issues apology to readers during election coverage ban

The recently appointed editor of the Mercury, Chris Jones, has taken a stand against Tasmania’s “ridiculous and outdated law”, which prevents the island state’s newspapers from publishing any coverage of the election during election day.

The paper’s front page was issued today with an apology to readers for being unable to provide any final election coverage before the country goes to the polls, claiming the paper’s staff “could go to jail if we tried to do our duty”.