‘Dirty trick’: Truck emblazoned with ‘CCP says vote Labor’ spotted in Melbourne

A truck is getting around Melbourne with a huge billboard on the back reading “CCP says vote Labor”.

It also features a picture of the Chinese President Xi Jinping casting a vote in a ballot box.

3AW listener Tony saw the truck on Chapel Street on Tuesday afternoon.

“I couldn’t believe it,” he told Neil Mitchell.

“I was stunned”.

“It’s a dirty trick, I assume, because I don’t believe the Chinese Communist Party would be out doing that,” Neil Mitchell said.

“Has somebody dressed up this billboard as a bit of anti-Labor propaganda?,” Neil Mitchell said.

On Twitter, the Australian Electoral Commission said the billboard is authorised by conservative political lobby group Advance Australia.

Hi Brock, it’s authorised by an entity called Advance Australia. See more info on the AEC’s role in political advertising here: https://t.co/OTL44kiJZX

— AEC ✏️ (@AusElectoralCom) March 29, 2022

Press PLAY below to hear a listener’s reaction to spotting the truck