Misleading and false election ads are legal in Australia. We need national truth in political advertising laws
- Written by Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University
An ad falsely depicting independent candidate Alex Dyson as a Greens member.ABC News/SuppliedThe highly pertinent case of a little-known independent candidate in the Victorian seat of Wannon has exposed a gaping hole in Australia’s electoral laws, which allow for misleading political advertisements in the lead-up to an election campaign....
