Abbie Chatfield cleared of wrongdoing by AEC after interviewing Anthony Albanese on her podcast

Anthony Albanese and Adam Bandt have both appeared on Chatfield’s podcast, It’s A Lot, in recent weeks. Photograph: LiSTNR

The Australian Electoral Commission has cleared host Abbie Chatfield of any wrongdoing after she interviewed Anthony Albanese on her podcast, finding her content “does not require an authorisation statement”.

Liberal senators questioned whether some of Chatfield’s social media content should have been classed as electoral material – which would require an official authorisation statement.