Bill Browne
Director, Democracy & Accountability Program
We wrote yesterday about a quote in The Australian from the Victorian Electoral Commissioner that “We don’t have truth in political advertising in Victoria (or anywhere else in the country)”.
That’s true of Victoria but not of Australia, since South Australia and the ACT have truth in political advertising laws.
I’m pleased to say the article has been corrected to say “We don’t have truth in political advertising in Victoria. Most places in Australia don’t either”, as the Victorian Electoral Commission says the Commissioner was misquoted.
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Still very concerning that the VEC Commissioner "only cares" about misinfo about electoral process and seems entirely unbothered about misinformation on policy, candidates, parties, etc.