Taxpayers pick up the tab for MPs to boost their Facebook 'likes'

Individual politicians are spending thousands of dollars a week of taxpayers' money to boost their "likes" and push political messages on social media, with data released for the first time byPoliticians defended their use of advertising for social media likes as a way to connect with voters in the digital age, and pointed out it was cheaper than old-fashioned letter box drops.

The data released by Facebook covers a seven week period from August 5 to September 23. It showed Victorian Liberal MP Jason Wood spent $17,227 on 71 ads, more than any other MP in that time. Mr Taylor spent the second biggest amount in that period. Mr Wood, the Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs, spent at least $3000 on ads inviting people to "like" his page.

In 2018, federal politicians spent about $1.8 million of their office entitlements on "e-materials", which are mostly social media ads, and in 2019 they spent $2.3 million. Mr Gorman said Labor's 2019 election campaign review found the party needed to take a "digital-first" approach and he was embracing that.

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MSMWatchdog2013 Nigelgladstone I have NO wish to pay for your self-serving advertising AngusTaylorMP

Nigelgladstone Using our taxpayers money to promote a party or politicians we don't want to vote for , isn't that CORRUPTION LNP Liars- Narcissists-Parasties

Nigelgladstone It is not working for them it is just showing everyone how inept and corrupt they are.

Nigelgladstone Is this what your talking about paulwkennedy

Nigelgladstone Ideology aside, I can’t ‘freaking stand this lot’. So corrupt, accountability doesn’t resonate ! Millions of people in need of food housing and health care...My rant for the week. auspol ourdecayingdemocracy

Nigelgladstone It’s the only way some politicians have any friends... THEY BUY THEM...auspol

Nigelgladstone troll farms you mean

Nigelgladstone FTC!

Nigelgladstone Aka markmcgowan

MinhKular Nigelgladstone AngusTaylor's social media as fraudulnt as his Clover Moore letter to MurdochSewerageCo.Taylor's hands constantly coverd in excrement. Nothing he touches free of stain.If he sat in bleach bath,he wld still wreak of brown stuff. No word comg from him, cld be assumed true auspol

Nigelgladstone Well AngusTaylorMP needs all the likes he can get, he’s useless at his job ScottMorrisonMP

Nigelgladstone FEDERAL👏ICAC 👏NOW👏

Nigelgladstone SMH getting a touch of conscience ? Or suffering chagrin because you are missing out?

Nigelgladstone This is only one of his many crimes and misdeeds. We’re governed by the LNPCrimeFamily . We currently have a “Criminal “ in charge of immigration, how goods that ? FederalICACNow

Nigelgladstone How pathetic

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LesStonehouse Nigelgladstone Scum

Nigelgladstone It's clearly an easier way to achieve popularity than actually serving the Australian people. As long as we're footing the bill, the piggies at the trough will continue to gorge themselves. VoteThemOut

Nigelgladstone Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus

Nigelgladstone We’ve known this for years. Good to see some reporting on it. No doubt it’s within their rules but highlights once again the need for a Federal ICAC.

Kapow64055083 Nigelgladstone Of course they do. Abbott started ‘investing’ our taxes in Bullshit Units, and the allowances have only grown since. Yet another symptom of the Libs ethical void.

Nigelgladstone no ethics, no shame, no rules, no consequences

ElaineM11584892 Nigelgladstone Disgusting cut back job keeper and job seeker but ok for these politicians to spend our money on there social media THEFT

ElaineM11584892 Nigelgladstone I am going to have an aneurysm....😡😤

Nigelgladstone Oink! Oink!

Nigelgladstone Independent auditors are required, not politically appointed, and can not be replaced without a unanimous vote of both houses of parliament. That'll mess 'em up.

Nigelgladstone Just like PRguy for Danielle Andrews

LesStonehouse Nigelgladstone Well, that explains why Jason Wood gets likes for his page. Wouldn’t be his non-existent work ethic or having the charisma of a smashed brick.

Nigelgladstone So sad to think of the 100s of millions of tax payer dollars lost to corruption and greed that should have reinvested back to the tax payers. Add this to the list.

Nigelgladstone Buying likes..says a lot about your content..

Nigelgladstone Disgusting

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Nigelgladstone And this would surprise who?

Nigelgladstone Nigel Politicians & Governments never actually ‘spend’ money, they can ONLY tax. Thus it’s more accurate to write ‘Individual politicians are raising taxes on likes from social media..... something along these lines. Governments have no money so they can’t spend only tax

Nigelgladstone Great Job Angus, well done

Nigelgladstone Just COMMON THIEVES , PROTECTED thieves though .

Nigelgladstone Is there no amount of Self Praise these Turkeys will be happy with , worse , The Aussie Voters most probably believe it , the amount of Reality TV Bulldust they watch point s that way sadly

Nigelgladstone Bums.

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