Communicat, you know that the Liberals may not have union funding but they have corporate funding. They virtually own the shock jock at 2UE, they have their old boys club with Murdoch, Packer and the usual Liberal backers as well as the Melbourne club.

Don't harp on about the poor dear old Liberals.

This victim politics from the Liberals is the last gasp.

Howard saying poor bloody me, "we will be anihilated" aaaawe diddums.

And poor dear Hockey. "No body loves me because Julia Gillard is prettier than me". aaaae, poor ugly little thing.

Is this victim politics really going to work?

They must be really desperate now.

Why should we feel sorry for them as they squander more of our money on their publicity?

In the NSW election in March and the Victorian election in November 2006, the incumbent state Labor Governments blitz the populous with a series of "public service annnouncements" about all the wonderful things the government was up to. "Drough Proofing Sydney" is one that sticks in my mind, despite virtually nil policy in the area of water supplies for a decade.

This was unfair and unethical. The Liberal opposition (who have their own advertising blitz, albeit not publically funded) crowed a bit, but since their federal colleagues behaviour was no better, their hipocracy kept them pretty quiet. That left the minors (the Greens and Dems), who used what little media time they got, but the issue never really got out there.

This has to be stopped, and neither major party will do it. It suits them too well.

Communicat, I wrote "no funds for any Party Political activity". Not what you think you read or wanted to read.

Government advertising is always appropriate for real information. Note both Parties abuse this, big time.

I agree, no donations either, from any source. Including taxpayer reimbursement for the big 2 for their campaign costs. Why should we pay for that?

But Saintfletcher apparently thinks it is okay for the unions to spend $25m on propping up the ALP.
No political advertising - oh delicious thought!

Communicat it is a delicious thought for no political advertising; though you saying that it's ok for the Liberals to be funded by Big Business, but its not ok for Labor to get assistance from Unions seems unfair.

States and the Federal Government should have transparent mechanisms available to oversee Government advertising. Andrew Murray should push for continuous vetting of Government advertising by a bipartisan committee.

The Coalition Government has come unstuck through their squandering of $55 million in their misleading advertising campaign about "Work Choices".