Who owns reachtel

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Independent Curtin candidate Louise Stewart is defending claims her campaign doctored polling to show she was close to winning the blue-ribbon seat. In a statement on social media on Sunday, Ms Stewart said the polling had been passed on to her campaign by a third party, despite media reports she had commissioned it.

Advertisement "I've been made aware today that a purported poll conducted in Curtin appears not to have been done by ReachTel," she said. Liberal Curtin candidate Celia Hammond has brushed aside the polling scandal. Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola "The independent candidate who released a supposed poll to The West Australian, which she said she had commissioned, needs to clearly explain her involvement in this deception," he said. Can she rule out that it was neither GetUp, or a representative from Labor or the union movement?

Ms Hammond has been fending off a negative campaign from independent Louise Stewart, who has seized on the retirement of Ms Bishop in the hope of winning the seat as a progressive. The ABC understands some other uComms clients now intend to stop using the company after being made aware of its ownership.

Yet none of the 11 uComms clients contacted by the ABC said they had thought to make a paid search of the company's structure. The poll of Higgins residents predicted a Labor victory in Higgins, but again, there was no mention of the pollster's connections to the unions.

On some documents, including survey results and a former privacy policy, uComms' logo includes the phrase: "Powered by ReachTEL. In the email to the prospective client, the uComms representative makes clear that his company targets survey respondents using databases held by ReachTEL's parent company, Equifax. A section relating to the independence of the company's polling activities from its shareholders has also recently been added.

Professor Simon Jackman from the University of Sydney said it was commonplace for polling companies to combine polling data with existing information on respondents. The public relations firm Essential Media Communications, which conducts polls and market research for media organisations and interest groups, is co-owned by PR industry veterans Peter Lewis and Tony Douglas.

Professor Simon Jackman from the University of Sydney said there is nothing fundamentally wrong with unions or peak bodies owning polling companies — it just needs to be disclosed. Topics: government-and-politics , political-parties , elections , federal-elections , polls , unions , australia , melbourne First posted April 10, Contact Pat McGrath. If you have inside knowledge of a topic in the news, contact the ABC. ABC teams share the story behind the story and insights into the making of digital, TV and radio content.

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