The Federal Opposition accuses the government of deliberately delaying the election so it can continue to access taxpayer funds for advertising policies and programs.
"This Government wants to spend tens of millions of dollars in TV advertising to pump up their own tyres," Mr Shorten said.Labor has released tender figures indicating the Government has spent $250 million on advertising since January 2018.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves about the election campaign just yet. We saw plenty worth discussing in the halls of Parliament this week, writes Laura Tingle."This is outrageous. Scott Morrison should do one of two things today … he either should go and visit the Governor-General and call the election, or he should commit to stopping all taxpayer-funded advertising right now," he said.
"All of these arrangements are done according to strict guidelines and they're run by impartial, independent government departments.""We will continue to spend on government advertising, just like the Labor Party," he said.
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