The Australia Institute has released results of a survey taken after this year’s Queensland state election, indicating that 87% of surveyed voters support honest political advertising laws, though laws banning dishonest political advertising are unlikely to be introduced in Queensland regardless.
Although Australia’s advertising laws aim to prohibit and prevent businesses from misleading consumers, there are no such regulations in place for political advertising, with many major and minor political parties spreading misinformation during the recent election.
The Australian Institute is now calling for laws to ban dishonest political advertising based on similar models in the ACT and South Australia, but spokespeople for both the LNP and Labor party did not confirm their parties were considering introducing these laws.