Dan Warne02 April 2009, 1:02 AM
It may be a bit late for April Fools, but Ebay member "Krudd53" has put the beleaguered Minister for Internet Censorship, Senator Stephen Conroy, up for auction.
The advertisement for Senator Conroy was posted at 7.59PM today, and notes that the successful bidder will receive the Senator delivered by FedEx.
The eBay listing follows Whirlpool.net.au's crushing
April Fools post announcing the sacking of the minister, drawing dozens of relieved and jubilant responses from unwitting Whirlpool members, and a total of 1,058 responses at the time of writing.
Conroy has been publicly ridiculed in recent days for his ISP-based internet filtering plan, with television appearances on
ABC's Q&A and
SBS Insight chat shows drawing incredulous laughter from the audience at many of his answers. (Hit the links to watch both online.)
He also used a speech at the Commsday Summit -- a Sydney conference attended by most key executives in the telecommunications industry -- to ridiculue iiNet's court defence in its anti-piracy case as "something out of Yes Minister". The remark prompted Shadow Minister Nick Minchin to suggest that Conroy seemed to have a problem with iiNet because it had withdrawn from his internet filtering trials and been a vocal critic of the plan.
If, after all that, you are interested in a soiled communications minister, Senator Conroy's starting price on eBay is a mere $30.00, though at the time of
writing, he had attracted a high bid of $10,500. The seller, Krudd53,
noted that no reasonable offer would be refused.
You can view the original ad on eBay
here. The full eBay ad -- just in case it is pulled by the time you read this -- is below.
