Liberal party’s ‘Teals Revealed’ scrutinises voting record of Climate 200-backed independents, six of whom won former Coalition seats at the 2022 election
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Australians will be deluged by negative political ads on social media by a string of dedicated attack pages in the lead-up to the federal election, as the two major parties and large campaign groups set up networks of Facebook profiles and pay thousands to promote negativity on their opponents.
Guardian Australia analysis has uncovered a string of Facebook pages set up by Labor, the Coalition, Climate 200 and campaign group Advance with different names and imagery without party branding, in an apparent bid to promote specific campaign messages targeting particular demographics and electorates.