Australian Electoral Commission says texts purporting to be from no campaign leader are legal, but MPs say they are ‘predatory’
A Liberal Party mass text campaign against the Indigenous voice that encourages voters to sign up for a postal vote on the party’s website has been branded as “deceptive” by teal independent MPs.
Other texts have been reported as coming from ‘LiberalWA’, with the same content as those sent in Nampijinpa Price’s name, but without the greeting. Postal vote applications opened on Monday, after the official issuing of writs for the referendum. Australians began reporting receiving the texts on Tuesday.
Many of the emails had varieties of the same lines, such as suggesting the voice “risks legal challenges” and stating “if you don’t know, say no”. “Neither the Electoral Act or Referendum Act prohibit the distribution of campaign text messages. In addition, ACMA has previously advised that political parties are exempt from the Spam Act and Do Not Call Register Act.”“They’ve set up an internet domain that looks like an official link to the electoral commission but is actually a link to the Liberal Party,” Spender said.
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