No corflutes, no election? Some voters left in the dark by SA poster ban

In the background is the city skyline Election corflutes are set to be banned from public infrastructure after the South Australian government backed laws introduced to state parliament by the opposition leader almost two years ago. In an advertising tender released this week for the 2026 state election, ECSA listed the corflute ban as one of seven "challenges" it faced at the next state poll — alongside problems like "fake news" and a "decline in trust in democratic institutions". The absence of corflutes appears not to have affected awareness of the federal election in SA, where turnout increased from 91.07 per cent in 2022 to 91.45 per cent in 2025.

Author: Thomas Kelsall

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