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Sales of BYD vehicles in Australia jumped more than 350 per cent in June, versus the same month last year.

Chinese electric car giant races ahead of Tesla in Australia

Elon Musk’s electric vehicles are being outshone on our roads by the rising popularity of Shenzhen-based BYD’s cars.

  • Nick Toscano

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The large electronic billboard is on a railway bridge in Chatswood across the street from the Garden of Remembrance.

RSL ‘powerless’ to stop billboard beside Sydney war memorial

It is the latest row over public advertising signs placarding Sydney’s suburbs.

  • David Barwell
Disclosure-related backlash faced by Sydney influencer Indy Clinton and TBH Skincare co-founder Rachael Wilde has highlighted the grey areas of Australia’s current approach to influencer marketing.

We were promised a crackdown on ‘deceptive’ influencer advertising. The ACCC has yet to deliver

It’s a global industry worth $37 billion, but in Australia, it’s largely unregulated. Both consumers and social media stars are paying the price.

  • Bronte Gossling
Jan Gawel, chief executive of Hair & Beauty Australia, says many salons are unaware of their obligation to pay a licensing fee to play music to customers.

Hair salons bristle over background music licence fees

Businesses pay a combined $132 million a year to play music for customers and employees, and could be taken to court if they don’t cough up.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
Facebook said it has deployed a combination of technologies to restrict news content.

Apple and Meta hit with €700 million fines in Europe under new digital rules

European Union watchdogs just fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros in a move that could inflame trade tensions with the US.

  • Kelvin Chan
The cosmetic injectables industry has boomed.

‘Brotox’ and ‘slimming injections’: Thousands of illegal ads spruik cosmetic injectables

Advertising regulations prohibit the use of terms such as wrinkle-reducing injections or colloquial names such as “tox” or “Brotox”. Many industry players advertise regardless.

  • Clay Lucas and Henrietta Cook
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Clive Palmer holding a press conference to launch his new political party in February.

Backlash over Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots gender advertisements

Transgender and equality advocacy groups are outraged over a series of political ads published in major newspapers.

  • Calum Jaspan
Jason Haines, the managing director of Canberra food relief charity St John’s Care, said it made him “physically sick” to know that scammers were “preying on people that are basically going without”.

‘I can’t buy food for my children’: Facebook profits from charity scams costing taxpayers

Facebook operator Meta has been repeatedly warned about a nasty genre of scam ads targeting Australians, but they continue to be published.

  • Aisha Dow
Index image for story on bookmaker Colossalbet being prosecuted by Liquor and Gaming NSW.

‘A young guy went too far, went rogue’: Sports betting agency faces closure over racy ad campaign

The online bookie ran promotions showing NRL star Valentine Holmes with a bag of white powder and featuring pornographic imagery and slogans.

  • Chris Barrett and Eryk Bagshaw
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland briefed executives about the wagering plan in August but the package has been put on ice.

Labor shelves crackdown on gambling ads until after election

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s timidity on the gambling advertising debate was evidence of his alleged weakness of character.

  • Paul Sakkal

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