It’s not unusual for MPs to use sponsored social media posts to reach voters, but for a parliamentary account to promote a political act caught the eye of one tipster:
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To be fair, it was a bipartisan measure and the parliament’s Facebook account reports it in fairly neutral terms. You could look on it as part of the parliament’s role in keeping the public informed.