The Age has an interesting report on how Victorian political parties are bypassing Commonwealth legislation by using the internet to broadcast last-minute political messages before tomorrow's election. Paragraph 3A of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth) requires that broadcasters must not must not broadcast an election advertisement from midnight on the Wednesday before an election. However, the defintion of "broadcaster" means that politcal advertisements posted the internet do not contravene the Act. Accordingly, there are a number of political advertisements and short films available on YouTube.
The Liberal Party has posted almost all of their ads, including this attack ads focusing on Steve Bracks' "no tolls" backflip:
And Labor has also posted many of their political ads, including this negative ad about the Liberal's plan for renewable energy:
But some are far more creative. ALP upper house candidate Evan Thornley got filmmaker Andrew Garrick to make a claymation film poking fun at Ted Baillieu's environmental policies:
Liberal candidate Clem Newton-Brown takes an eight-minute odyssey through his Prahran electorate:
Candidates for the Democratic Labor Party and Family First have also posted short videos.
