MEDIA RELEASE No: 2005-05 Date: 8 April 2005 Embargo: For Immediate Release

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN RESERVE BANK
AND AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION

During last year's election the Reserve Bank passed on a complaint from a member of the public to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) about a leaflet distributed in an electorate in southern Sydney and authorised by a Mr W. Meehan. Following the advice received from the AEC, the Bank notified Mr Meehan. The Bank did not raise the matter with the Government or the Federal Liberal Party.