Concerns about misinformation spreading among Chinese communities are once again prominent, as they were during the 2019 election campaign.
There are legitimate questions about Liu’s past connections to associations with direct or indirect links with the Chinese Communist Party.
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Liu’s disastrous interview on Sky News forced the government into a full scale defence of her, saying that Labor, in pursuing her, was being “xenophobic” and “grubby”.
The posters in question, such as this one in the seat of Chisholm, are written in Chinese and are in the same colours used by the AEC.
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Winning the case will be difficult, because it’s not enough to show the posters were misleading – the petitioners will need to show it affected the outcome in the seat.
Julia Banks’ seat of Chisholm is on a margin of less than 3% after the distribution.
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In announcing she would not contest the next election, the member for the highly-marginal Chisholm has cited bullying and intimidation for provoking her decision.