Government to launch $13m booster ad campaign and school holiday vaccination blitz

Government to launch $13m booster ad campaign and school holiday vaccination blitz

The federal government will soon launch a $13 million COVID-19 booster advertising campaign and is planning a school holiday vaccination blitz to get millions of doses into arms before winter.

  • byDana Daniel

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NSW campaign challenges teens ‘do you know what you’re vaping?’

NSW campaign challenges teens ‘do you know what you’re vaping?’

The NSW government has pumped $300,000 into an education campaign to stem the growing tide of teenagers taking up vaping,while defending its existing efforts to crack down on the black market.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
‘No one owns a colour’:Sharma denies copying Spender’s teal brochure

‘No one owns a colour’:Sharma denies copying Spender’s teal brochure

Wentworth MP Dave Sharma has defended sending out political communications in the same teal colour as his independent rival Allegra Spender without mentioning his membership of the Liberal Party.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Don’t Chop The Dinosaur,Daddy is not even close to being a good ad

Don’t Chop The Dinosaur,Daddy is not even close to being a good ad

Give me the working-class Lube Mobile kid every day of the week.

  • byThomas Mitchell
Junk food toys and prizes could be banned in effort to tackle kids’ obesity

Junk food toys and prizes could be banned in effort to tackle kids’ obesity

A crackdown on junk food marketing to kids could see McDonald’s Monopoly prizes,Kinder Surprise toys and the Kellogg’s Froot Loops mascot banned.

  • byDana Daniel
From the Archives,1959:The Hidden Persuaders

From the Archives,1959:The Hidden Persuaders

Television was introduced into Australia in September 1956. A year later the concept of subliminal advertising hit the news when an American market researcher named James Vicary inserted the words “Eat Popcorn” and “Drink Coca-Cola” into a movie and purportedly created a demand in the audience for those products. By 1959 Australia’s broadcasting watchdog was cautioning commercial television stations over its use.

  • byStaff writer
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‘Democratic dilemma’:Concerns over political ads on social media

‘Democratic dilemma’:Concerns over political ads on social media

The rules around when and where political ads can run have remained in the pre-internet era ahead of the next federal election.

  • byKatina Curtis
Clive Palmer spends 100 times more than major parties on advertising

Clive Palmer spends 100 times more than major parties on advertising

Party leader Craig Kelly said UAP was relying solely on Clive Palmer’s deep pockets to finance the advertising blitz as the mining mogul spends $30 million in six months.

  • byZoe Samios andLisa Visentin
A farewell to the ‘Great Man’,Shopper Media’s Ben Walker

A farewell to the ‘Great Man’,Shopper Media’s Ben Walker

Friends and colleagues gathered at Sydney’s CBD nightspot and lounge The Ivy last week to celebrate one of advertising’s most beloved figures.

  • byZoe Samios
Attempting to get collimated
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Attempting to get collimated

Asking the important dollar coin questions.

‘Totally wrong’:King George Square resembles a car yard under council deal

‘Totally wrong’:King George Square resembles a car yard under council deal

Brisbane City Council’s opposition leader has called for new car displays and commercial advertising to be banned from the public square outside City Hall.

  • byTony Moore