Google excludes several independent candidates from Australian political ad tracker

Exclusive: Tech giant's transparency report, intended to support election integrity', did not include ad spending of certain candidates

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Google has admitted it overlooked several independent candidates and failed to include their elections ads in its public data on paid political material, raising doubts about the tech giant's ability to track advertising during the looming federal campaign.

Google said it was working intently" to fix the error after candidates Allegra Spender, Monique Ryan, Sophie Scamps and Penny Ackery raised their omission from the company's transparency report on political advertising in Australia.