On Monday. April 7, a letter arrived in our mailbox.
The envelope did not reveal who the sender was; it was marked as Postage Paid Australia.
The front of the envelope was marked with the word ‘important’ in capital letters and underneath again in capitals the statement, ‘voting information for the Federal election’.
Initially I thought the envelope might contain voting advice from the Australian Electoral Commission.
This appears to be the impression that the sender wanted to convey.
Instead it contained a brochure from Lucy Wicks, two postal vote application forms authorised by the Liberal Party and a reply envelope with postage paid, addressed to LPA NSW Reply Paid 92046 Silverwater NSW; all rather ambiguous.
In my opinion the envelope creates the impression that you are receiving advice from a public agency rather than material from a political party and its candidate.
I should add that the ALP’s envelope I received doesn’t clearly indicate who sent it either.
However, the words on the Liberal Party envelope, ‘important’ and ‘voting information for the Federal election’ could be construed as deceptive.
Email, Apr 7
Ross McGowen, Terrigal
We received the same here in the Hawkesbury, it’s a bit of a con
Exactly, and you are obviously sending your postal vote application, with all your personal details and your answer to the Security Question,
to the Liberal office.
Same thing happened to me, I opened it because I believed it was from the Electoral Commission and surprise surprise it was from the Liberal Party. If it is not already illegal then it should be.
such a shame you have to have a problem with anything from someone you dont agree with. you didnt have to respond once you opened or give any of your details away at all. it was simply a way to get some important information across to some closed minded people who are brainwash by the woke labor party