A GUN lobby is believed to have taken aim at Premier Daniel Andrews by putting up a large billboard on Peninsula Link saying “Not.Happy.Dan” near the Eastlink off-ramp.
The large advertisement, pictured, which is seen by voters from marginal seats Frankston, Carrum and Mordialloc, urges voters to put Labor last on their ballot papers at the 24 November poll.
It is reportedly funded by the Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia (SIFA), which is backed by Australia’s largest firearms wholesalers.
The billboard states on it that it is authorised by an R.Drew. Rodney Drew is the Executive Officer of SIFA.
A Guardian Australia report says the gun industry lobby group will target the state government through an advertising blitz that makes no mention of guns but attacks the premier over crime and power prices.
A SIFA spokesman told the Guardian the ads would run on TV, radio and on billboards until polling day. They make no mention of the organisation’s push to lobby governments over gun laws, which emerged in a report on the ABC’s Four Corners program.
