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ELECTORAL (ADVERTISING COST) AMENDMENT BILL 2008

South Australia

Electoral (Advertising Cost) Amendment Bill 2008

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Electoral Act 1985.

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Electoral Act 1985
4 Insertion of section 116AA
116AA Disclosure of public money used to finance government advertising

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Advertising Cost) Amendment Act 2008.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Electoral Act 1985

4—Insertion of section 116AA

After clause 116 insert:

116AA—Disclosure of public money used to finance government advertising

(1) A person who authorises, causes, or permits the publication by any means (including radio or television) of a publicly funded political advertising campaign with an estimated total cost of $10 000 or more is guilty of an offence if the advertisement does not contain a statement of the estimated total cost of the advertising campaign.

Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person—$750;

If the offender is a body corporate—$2 500.

(2) The Minister must, on or before 30 September in each year, prepare a report on the cost of publically funded advertising campaigns promoting or explaining government policy during the preceding financial year.

(3) The Minister must, within 6 sitting days after completing the report, cause copies of the report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.

(4) In this section—

cost includes the cost of creating and publishing the advertising campaign and any administrative costs in connection with causing the advertising campaign to be created and published;

political advertising campaign means an advertisement or, if the advertisement forms part of a series of advertisements with the same or similar subject matter, a series of advertisements, promoting or explaining government policy that is intended or likely to affect voting in an election.

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