Political advertising

March 2024

Byelection

Jodie Belyea celebrates her byelection victory with a hug.

Advance lobby group the ‘biggest loser’ from Dunkley byelection

Pollsters say that while the Dunkley byelection was not a write-off for the Liberal Party, it was a brutal result for the credibility of lobby group Advance.

Mar 3, 2024
Gus McCubbing

October 2022

Anthony Albanese

The Morrison government’s “next step” campaign highlighted 260,000 more people in work than before the pandemic but was ultimately suspended with Labor claiming it was blatantly political.

Governments spend more on ads than Harvey Norman and Maccas

Politicians in power spend $450 million of taxpayers’ money on advertising “weaponised” for political advantage, a report says.

Oct 9, 2022
Patrick Durkin

September 2022

Victorian election

Victorian teal candidates race towards $100k fundraising goals

Pollster and former Victorian Labor strategist Kos Samaras said the donation figures painted a promising picture for teal campaigners.

Sep 27, 2022
Gus McCubbing

March 2022

Federal election

Facebook is working with the Australian Electoral Commission to ensure misinformation about the federal election is removed or contained.

Facebook’s plan to not ruin the Australian election

The owner of Facebook and Instagram has lifted its investment in fact-checking ahead of the federal election while also improving transparency around advertising on social and political issues.

Mar 15, 2022
Miranda Ward

November 2020

Exclusive
Advertising

Bill Muirhead is stepping down after 48 years under the Saatchi banner.

Australia's top ad man bows out

Bill Muirhead has quit the industry after half a century at the centre of the Saatchi empire – and he's looking forward to spending more time in Australia.

Nov 23, 2020
Hans van Leeuwen

July 2020

Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews puts on a face mask after fronting the media on Monday.

Don't mask the complexity of messages on COVID-19

Single-minded health warnings by politicians patronise instead of making the public partners in the uncertain fight against the pandemic.

Jul 21, 2020
Parnell Palme McGuinness

March 2020

Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic

The federal government is bringing its COVID-19 communications into one portal

Australia.gov.au becomes central portal for all corona virus info

The Federal Government is refocusing its communications about COVID-19 to give users a trusted central portal for information and offical communications.

Mar 22, 2020
Tom Burton

November 2019

World elections

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Google's latest reforms come just ahead of the UK elections.

Google curbs targeted political advertising in run-up to UK poll

Google has said that political advertisers will no longer be able to narrowly target users through their characteristics such as interests or email addresses, in a shake-up to its policies just weeks before the UK’s general election.