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South Australians have truth in political advertising laws. Why doesn’t everyone else?

  • Written by Todd Farrell, Senior Tutor, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne

With South Australia in its final week of campaigning ahead of the state election, you may have noticed while there’s been a few scandals around mistaken identity of hospital patients and controversial candidates’ opinions, accusations of politicians lying are muted.

That’s partly because SA elections operate under a previously...

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