Coalition $59m advertising blitz at taxpayers' cost, page-3

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    @dan1; there's a world of difference between state government essential advice / warnings / updates re Covid19 and the federal Coalition's exploitation of taxpayers' money to undertake minimally disguised partisan political advertising.

    "... At Senate estimates in October, Labor senator Nita Green accused the government of spending $13m on climate advertising when, at the time, Australia “didn’t have a policy to take to Cop” because the Nationals were yet to agree to the net zero target. ..."
    "... In the lead-up to the 2019 election, Morrison defended spending on government advertising campaigns as “entirely appropriate for Australians to understand what their government is doing”.
    ..."

    www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/15/australian-taxpayers-funding-59m-in-government-ads-in-run-up-to-2022-election
 
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