Overview
- The ads for Liberal MP Dan Tehan aired on May 1 between 1:29am and 8:45pm during the Grand Annual Day racing broadcast, with no suggestion of wrongdoing by the candidate.
- Content was supplied by Racing Victoria under a partnership, but ACMA ruled that licensees cannot outsource their legal obligations.
- Prime Television Victoria told the regulator it removed the material once notified by complaints and has reviewed procedures to prevent a repeat.
- The breaches totalled 23 fifteen-second spots during the blackout period from 12am on May 1 until polls closed on May 3.
- ACMA is considering enforcement action as industry group Free TV renewed calls to update blackout rules that do not cover digital advertising.