Conservative activist group Advance Australia has ratcheted up its election spending with $700,000 outlaid in three weeks through a network of attack accounts targeting Labor, the Greens and teal independents on social media.
Across a network of accounts – with names such as Her Truth and Greens Truth – Advance spent $305,000 in the week before Anthony Albanese called the federal election for May 3.
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Ronald Mizen is the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra. Connect with Ronald on Twitter. Email Ronald at ronald.mizen@afr.com