Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

No, that is not what I've said. Anything that has been circulated, published or distributed in the past—that's in the past—obviously can't be changed, but anything that is published, circulated, distributed or in the public domain as part of this campaign from the commencement of this bill will have to carry the appropriate authorisation. Let me say here again that the leadership of both campaigns were advised right from the outset that it would be the government's intention to put safeguards in place similar to those that would apply in the context of an election campaign, including the authorisation requirements, so that is not something that should have come as a surprise to anyone.