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Independent Australian MP Helen Haines says it’s disturbing major parties routinely abuse taxpayer-funded advertising and hijack public information campaigns.
The Grattan Institute found nearly one-quarter of the federal government’s annual $200 million advertising outlay was going towards politicised messages.
Over the past 13 years, the amount spent federally on advertising that lauded government achievements was worth $630 million.
The think tank says the issue exists on both sides of politics and at state and federal levels.
Haines said taxpayers expected public money would be used in their best interests.
She said the millions of dollars being spent for political purposes fuelled cynicism from the public....