Mike Burgess says the historic matter has been ‘dealth with’ and there is no security risk. Follow the day’s news live
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The growing influence of a secretive firm on the political debate in Australia is revealed today by documents showing it claimed almost $135,000 in taxpayer funding from Coalition politicians to help shape their messaging on issues such as the Indigenous voice to parliament. Whitestone Strategic is a political consultancy group that helps conservative politicians pump out messages on social media, an investigation using freedom of information laws has revealed.
Continue reading…Mike Burgess says the historic matter has been ‘dealth with’ and there is no security risk. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our end-of-week rolling news blog. I’m Martin Farrer, bringing you the overnight headlines before Emily Wind takes the helm.The growing influence of a secretive firm on the political debate in Australia is revealed today by documents showing it claimed almost $135,000 in taxpayer funding from Coalition politicians to help shape their messaging on issues such as the Indigenous voice to parliament. Whitestone Strategic is a political consultancy group that helps conservative politicians pump out messages on social media, an investigation using freedom of information laws has revealed. Continue reading…