Liberal Tasmania
Guy Barnett
Attorney General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Health, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Member for Lyons
As part of our package of reforms to the Electoral Act last year, the Rockliff Liberal Government tried to remove the outdated clause that prohibits the names and images of candidates being used in election advertising without their permission.
Unfortunately, this move was blocked by the Legislative Council.
We continue to be of the view that Section 196 is an anachronism, and if re-elected we will again seek to have it removed
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