Stronger laws on 'foreign' election influence were rushed through this week – limiting speech but ignoring our billionaire problem
- Written by Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
In case you missed it, election season is upon us again. Like the elongated summers caused by climate change, campaigning is intensifying and being spread over longer periods every election.
Although polling day is not due until May, this year’s campaign kicked off nine months out with billionaire Clive Palmer’s plunge into spam texts,...