Coalition MPs in Victoria have criticised a campaign by the conservative lobby group Advance ahead of next month's state election, warning it could cost them a majority, Guardian Australia reports.
Advance plans to campaign from Monday in 20 Labor-held suburban and regional seats, with an AI-generated advertisement featuring the premier, Ben Carroll, and his predecessors, urging voters to put Labor last. The group has described the roughly A$350,000 campaign as a test run for the next federal election.
Several Coalition MPs, speaking anonymously, said the message cut across their own argument that only a Coalition vote could defeat Labor, and noted that One Nation is targeting several of the same seats. An Advance spokesperson rejected the criticism and pointed to polling on voters' preferences.
Source: The Guardian