Audit bags carbon ads

A Multi-million-dollar carbon tax ad blitz was sloppy and breached several financial regulations, an AuditorGeneral’s report has found.

The audit found that major statements in a $4.2 million mailout of a Clean energy future booklet last year were not properly referenced.

And a rushed process to get the pamphlets into letterboxes ‘‘further eroded the capacity of the tender process to maximise value for money’’.

The Opposition has leapt on the report’s findings, saying further advertising in the lead-up to the carbon tax’s introduction on July 1 should be halted.

But the Government said the Auditor-general eventually found the ads were ‘‘factually accurate’’ and not party-political.

The audit found the campaign could have had ‘‘greater discipline’’.

heraldsun.com.au 9 Feb 2012

Here is another example of the 'money for mates' deals where for breaching the law regarding misinformation, it is seen that the ads were ‘factually accurate’’ is a blatant lie.

The truth on the other hand is that the 'top dogs' will never be penalised for same offenses the masses commit.