Liberal candidates accused of ‘plagiarising’ South Australian Labor premier’s campaign ads

Federal assistant treasurer, Michael Sukkar, has been accused by Labor of imitating South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas’s state campaign ads. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Two Liberal party candidates for the forthcoming federal election have been accused of “plagiarising” ads from the recent successful state campaign of South Australia’s Labor premier, Peter Malinauskas.

Assistant treasurer and current member for Deakin in Melbourne, Michael Sukkar, and Liberal candidate for Boothby in Adelaide, Rachel Swift, are both alleged to have imitated the distinctive visual style and script of Malinauskas’ ad, released in January, for their federal election campaigns.