Government won't back political ad reform

By Maeve Bannister
Updated November 22 2021 - 5:00pm, first published 4:57pm
Ben Morton says the proposed legislation would make an independent agency politically involved.
Ben Morton says the proposed legislation would make an independent agency politically involved.

The federal government has confirmed it will not support enabling the elections watchdog to make sure political campaign messages are true.

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