After section 194 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Division 5:

194A.     Additional communications to which section 191 does not apply

Section 191 does not apply in relation to electoral matter if the electoral matter forms part of –

(a) a communication (other than by way of social media) communicated for personal purposes; or

(b) an opinion poll, or research relating to voting intentions at an election, that is not intended to encourage a person to vote for or against a particular party, candidate or candidates; or

(c) a communication, by way of social media, that forms part of the expression of a natural person’s individual personal political views, if –

(i) the natural person is not paid to express those views; or

(ii) the natural person is not a candidate or a Member; or

(d) an internal communication; or

(e) a communication at a meeting of 2 or more persons, if the identity of –

(i) the person ( the speaker ) communicating at the meeting; and

(ii) any disclosure entity on whose behalf the speaker is communicating –

can reasonably be identified by the person or persons to whom the speaker is communicating; or

(f) a live communication of a meeting to which paragraph (e) relates, but not any later communication of that meeting; or

(g) a communication communicated solely for the purpose of announcing a meeting; or

(h) a communication that is a member of a prescribed class of communications; or

(i) a communication on radio or television by the holder of a licence, under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 of the Commonwealth, that is subject to a condition relating to election advertisements.