Bid to Unmask Spam

Political group GetUp! has become the target of an investigation to force the internet operation, which is bombarding Coalition senators with e-mail, to prove it is not a front for the Labor Party. The online operation, which has the support of union boss Bill Shorten, dotcom millionaire Evan Thornley and former Liberal leader John Hewson to raise $1.5 million, flooded Liberal and Nationals senators with e-mail this week. It’s funny that the pollies get the hump when they get spammed but turn a blind eye to little Johnny Coward paying his son to run a phone spam campaign during the last election. Seems it’s a different matter when it’s their inboxes that are flooded with crap