Liberal candidate Ro Knox alleged Spender’s team had covered up a poster supporting Israeli hostages with a campaign sign,which Spender denied with evidence. Knox has since doubled down.
Ian says that he did not put it on top of any other sign.
While Labor and the Coalition are busy mud-slinging and one-upping each other,independent candidates and their volunteers are hard at work on the doorstep.
To complicate matters,there is a line of merchandise proving popular online which could be called “Aussie MAGA – Make Albo Go Away”.
Parliament will be asked to toughen laws against hate speech this week after a unanimous vote to condemn antisemitism.
Independent MP Allegra Spender is pushing to restore bans on vilification to hate speech legislation to be discussed in parliament this week.
In the last three months,the major parties,lobby groups and unions have also spent hundreds of thousands on social media in a bid to reach voters online.
When young women supported the teals at the last federal election,some of their former Liberal-voting fathers swung behind them. Might mothers follow their sons’ lead this time?
The opposition leader says such programs and positions “do nothing to improve the lives of everyday Australians”.
Opposition communications spokesman Paul Fletcher,facing a battle against an independent at the next election,says teals had duped traditional Coalition supporters.