Liberals accused of ‘dirty tactics’ over Indigenous voice pamphlet leading voters to site that harvests information

The postal.vote website, run by the Liberal and National parties, prompts people to enter their details for non-existent postal vote registration for the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum. Photograph: https://www.postal.vote/

The Liberal party has been accused of “dirty tactics” by offering nonexistent postal vote registration for the referendum, directing would-be voters to a party website to harvest their personal information.

A “vote no” pamphlet delivered to mail boxes includes a QR code that leads to the same website the party used in last year’s election as part of a move the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) labelled “potentially misleading”.