Mining magnate Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots has been sending large volumes of texts,but the mainstream parties also have a history of using unsolicited messages.
One candidate was allegedly discovered with duct tape and a cadaver bag in his car. Another is a prince.
While some politicians are leveraging different mediums to reach new audiences ahead of the election,others are sticking with the signs of their times.
Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots party will put incumbent MPs last,threatening Liberal MPs in key electorates they are defending against independent challengers.
The bad headlines are back for Seven West Media.
The ad featured a segment from a two-decade-old documentary that claimed to expose “the truth about climate change”.
An ad for Clive Palmer's Trumpet of Patriots party was shown more than 10 million times on YouTube,before being removed for a violation of its political advertising policies.
Many lobbyists and business leaders who normally storm Parliament House on budget night stayed away. But not Clive Palmer.
The former federal treasurer can still draw a crowd of political and media elites
A virtual Tucker Carlson is more appealing for Ralph Babet than Jim Chalmers’ showpiece in Canberra next Tuesday.