Another logo in the video appears to be from Bird in Hand, an Adelaide Hills winery. “There is no firing at the ABC logo,” the spokesman said of the 17-second video.

Activist group ABC Friends has had its pre-election campaign derailed after it was caught inappropriately using the public broadcaster’s distinctive logo to launch partisan attacks on the Coalition.

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