Second Reading Speeches

Spam Amendment (Unsolicited Political Communications) Bill 2021

Type
Private
Sponsor(s)
GRIFF, Sen Stirling
Originating house
Senate
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the:

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
to require that voice calls communicating an electoral matter to a person must identify the use of any actors at the beginning of the call; and
Spam Act 2003
to require political parties to provide an unsubscribe function for all unsolicited electronic communications containing political content.

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