How did politicians and political parties get my mobile number? And how is that legal?
- Written by Stephen Mills, Hon Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney

Former Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly recently spammed large numbers of Australian voters by sending bulk text messages to their mobile phone numbers.
The spam texts, one of which promoted Kelly’s anti-vax views, struck many recipients as an invasion of privacy and triggered thousands of complaints to the Australian...
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