27 August, 2004 3:54 PM
Last year our government brought in laws making illegal the use of unsolicited email for commercial purposes. Yesterday it became public that the Prime Minister has hired a firm to send unsoliceted emails to his electorate in the lead up to the next election.
"Mr Howard has hired his son Tim's company, Net Harbour, to send emails to voters in the prime minister's blue ribbon Sydney seat of Bennelong.Labor's technology spokeswoman Kate Lundy said the government's own laws, which came into effect four months ago, banned commercial spamming.
But the laws exempt political parties and charities from using spam, which has become a crucial tool in communicating with voters.
"The prime minister has breached the spirit, if not the letter of anti-spam laws," Senator Lundy said."
Read more at Calls for probe into PM's spam
