Moderation of comments

We moderate comments to protect individual privacy, keep conversations civil and on topic.  Comments will be published where they do not breach one or more of the following guidelines:

• It breaches the privacy of any individual
• It is irrelevant to the issues being considered
• Contains abusive, harassing or threatening content
• It is potentially defamatory or libellous
• It is insulting, provocative or hateful
• It contains obscene or offensive language
• It may infringe the intellectual property rights of others
• Multiple, duplicate, identical or near-identical ‘campaign-type’ versions are received from one or more sources
• It promotes commercial interests
• It contains inappropriate addresses, videos, or images
• It contains overtly party political comment.

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