Angus Taylor's department ignored advice not to run $2.4m energy ad blitz before Christmas

Government’s advertising contractor warned of scant public interest at that time of year in taxpayer-funded ads boasting of lowering power prices

Angus Taylor’s department ignored advice warning not to run a $2.43m taxpayer-funded ad blitz spruiking the government’s energy policies in the lead-up to Christmas, internal documents show.

The multimillion dollar “Powering Forward” campaign boasted of the government’s efforts to bring down power prices, using ads in newspapers and on digital news sites, social media, television and radio.

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