The party has spent three times more than the Liberals on political advertising on the platform
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The Victorian Labor party spent more than $115,000 on a Facebook page under the name of the Liberal leader, Matthew Guy, to boost paid ads attacking his policies and record in government, before deleting the page just a week out from election day.
The circumstances behind the deletion of the page – which was the second-biggest political advertiser on all of Australian Facebook in the past month – are unclear.
Continue reading…The party has spent three times more than the Liberals on political advertising on the platformGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Victorian Labor party spent more than $115,000 on a Facebook page under the name of the Liberal leader, Matthew Guy, to boost paid ads attacking his policies and record in government, before deleting the page just a week out from election day.The circumstances behind the deletion of the page – which was the second-biggest political advertiser on all of Australian Facebook in the past month – are unclear.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…