The media blackout is enforced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Advertising buyer Harold Mitchell said the combined cost of campaign ads was an estimated $60 million.
"I think this has been probably the biggest advertising splurge on election advertising by the parties and others that are not the two major parties," he said on ABC radio today.
"I think the number's going to come out at something like $60 million and that would be well ahead of the last election."
Source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22796626-5012863,00.html
I must mention I saw a Family First Party campaign advertisement shown at 12:03am on Network 10 in Melbourne during David Letterman, which I asume would be breaching advertising blackout?
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I would imagine that the advertising blackout for media would include the local newspapers, but maybe I am wrong. Could someone set me right! Our local labour candidate in Ballarat advertisied blatantly on the front of every Ballarat Newspaper with a large red sticker in todays paper [Saturday] On the eve of the election, I would have thought that this would have not been appropriate. What's the go?
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