Why am I getting Trumpet of Patriots ‘spam’ text messages? Are they legal – and can I stop them?

Why am I getting Trumpet of Patriots ‘spam’ text messages? Are they legal – and can I stop them?

The messages spruiking political candidates or parties often come out of nowhere and usually don’t include an unsubscribe buttonElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAnother election, another wave of unsolicited political texts. Over this campaign, our digital mailboxes have been stuffed with a slew of political appeals and promises, many from the new party …

Trumpet of Patriots spam texts: Why are you receiving them, and are they legal?

Clive Palmer's Trumpet of Patriots party has been sending out unsolicited text messages in the lead-up to the 2025 federal election. Can you escape them?

Trumpet of Patriots candidate quits over spam texts, 'false promises'

Mark Aldridge, a Trumpet of Patriots candidate in the South Australian seat of Makin, has resigned from the party because he doesn’t like its spam SMS texts, among other reasons.Taking to Facebook on Monday night, Aldridge said he “[does] not support various aspects of the upper management actions”, including the party’s use of SMS marketing.Recent […]