When the Coalition quietly changed the regulations to enable access to millions of unlisted mobile phone numbers for ‘political research’, the Liberal Party’s pollster Crosby Textor was quick out of the blocks with an application to access the database, writes Jommy Tee. Now, the lobby group closest to Scott Morrison has access to 27 million phone numbers heading into the next Federal election.

A salient point for other political parties wishing to access the database is don’t leave it too late because it may take several months to satisfy the approval conditions.

The long-suffering public may beg to differ on whether access should be granted.

A Pushy Number: Libs’ pollster Crosby Textor granted access to 27 million unlisted mobiles – Michael West