Sky News Australia | Social media trawled as government spends $4.3 million on research contracts Sydney Morning Herald EXCLUSIVE. "This expenditure is another example of the Abbott government's distorted priorities": Penny Wong. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. The Abbott government is using a research company to trawl through millions of Australian social media posts to ... Govt 'tracks social media on boat policy' The Australian Government's Facebook And Twitter Monitoring Service Has ... Govt 'tracks social media on boats' |