Does there need to be more scrutiny on tax payer-funded advertising?
A new Grattan Institute report found that $200 million is spent each year by the federal government on advertising, and nearly $50 million of that on political campaigns.
The report also found that over the past 13 years, $630 million – or a quarter of all federal campaign advertising – was spent on campaigns that spruiked government achievements.
I don’t know about you but $200 million goes a long way towards a new hospital and I know which one I’d prefer.
If a government wants to spend money on a political ad, it needs to come from its own party coffers and not out of our pockets.
What do you think? Is that money being wasted?