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Independent Senator Rex Patrick has called on both the government and the opposition to amend laws governing telecommunications in Australia and make mobile coverage part of the universal service obligation.

Ads containing election misinformation similar to that spread in the US are still getting past moderators at Meta (formerly Facebook), two researchers at an Australian technology think-tank say, based on an experiment they carried out.

Australian Labor Party MP Ed Husic says he has been unable to place any ads on Facebook during the election campaign, adding that he had been told it was due to "administrative changes".

The Australian Labor Party's claims that the country has fallen globally from 30th to 60th in Internet speeds under the Coalition government are correct, according to the ABC's Fact Check unit.

Can digital data from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Vote Compass survey be used as the basis of broad pronouncements about the nation in the same way that scientific polling data from the likes of Galaxy, Ipsos and Roy Morgan Research is utilised?

The Australian federal election campaign has just crossed the halfway mark but one topic both major parties seem eager to avoid is the national broadband network.