The Australian Electoral Commission has launched court action against a man it alleges is responsible for nearly 50,000 illegal pamphlets that targeted teal independent Allegra Spender in the lead-up to this year's federal election.

The 47,000 leaflets were distributed throughout Spender's eastern Sydney electorate of Wentworth during the election campaign, making what the MP labelled at the time as "false, misleading and offensive claims" about her.

Crucially, they didn't include any authorisation identifying who was behind the campaign, which is illegal under Australian electoral law.

The AEC released a statement today alleging that the man responsible for the pamphlets is Jarrod Davis.

The commission claimed he spent around $17,500 printing and distributing them.

It has launc

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