Support in Victoria is mounting to introduce so-called “truth in advertising” legislation,which would hold parties and individuals to account for making inaccurate claims to voters.
The Liberals’ bid to retain the formerly blue-ribbon seat of Wentworth has hit a snag,with the local council requesting the removal of Dave Sharma’s billboard in Edgecliff.
Philip Ruddock’s Hornsby Council has warned residents they must remove stickers saying the Prime Minister should be binned.
The federal government will soon launch a $13 million COVID-19 booster advertising campaign and is planning a school holiday vaccination blitz to get millions of doses into arms before winter.
Wentworth MP Dave Sharma has defended sending out political communications in the same teal colour as his independent rival Allegra Spender without mentioning his membership of the Liberal Party.
The rules around when and where political ads can run have remained in the pre-internet era ahead of the next federal election.
Party leader Craig Kelly said UAP was relying solely on Clive Palmer’s deep pockets to finance the advertising blitz as the mining mogul spends $30 million in six months.
A series of animations made for One Nation may be fanciful but will they appeal to younger voters?
Mr Kelly dismissed voters’ privacy concerns about the messages,saying they should be more concerned about vaccination passports as people queried how the MP obtained their phone numbers.
Rank-and-file members have renewed calls for truth in political advertising laws in a bid to combat false claims such as the “death taxes” campaign of the 2019 federal election.
The two major parties have doubled their weekly West Australian election spending on Facebook as early voting options started on Monday.