Current Affairs: Why do they know my number?

Text messages were sent to Australians to encourage them to vote 'Yes' .

Source: AAP/Moodboard

Tens of thousands of Australians received a text message from the marriage equality supporters and many had experienced supporters knocking at their doors last weekend to encourage them to vote "yes" in the same-sex marriage postal survey. There were concerns about how the supporters got their numbers. Chowai Cheung reports.



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