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Social-media marketing and the future of politics

Cottesloe winner David Honey, left, and WA Liberal leader Mike Nahan

A parody Twitter account used in a recent West Australian by-election raises the question whether social-media marketing could be the future of politics in Australia.


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By Ben Madden

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A parody Twitter account used in a recent West Australian by-election raises the question whether social-media marketing could be the future of politics in Australia.



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