Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Continuing on with authorisation, I'm interested to know how these authorisation provisions differ from the authorisation provisions in the Electoral Act, in particular where there is greater focus on social media and other means of communication which haven't yet been covered by the Electoral Act. How do you see that working in terms of authorisation for social media posts, phone calls and text messages—where I can see potential issues? Similarly, we don't have authorisations on T-shirts and other small materials, which are going to be difficult to authorise. How will this legislation cover the authorisations of these new media?