Hooked:Why a total ban on gambling ads is too big a punt
Opinion
Online gambling

Hooked:Why a total ban on gambling ads is too big a punt

Forget problem gamblers,it is the commercial television networks in particular that are addicted to the revenue from bookie ads,and what government has an appetite for upsetting major media companies so close to a federal election?

  • byElizabeth Knight

Latest

‘Murphy’s law’ gambling ad ban to be rejected in favour of caps
Exclusive
Sports betting

‘Murphy’s law’ gambling ad ban to be rejected in favour of caps

Gambling advertisements are likely to remain on TV as the Albanese government prepares to reject a blanket ban in favour of lesser restrictions.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Dozens of countries have slapped a sugar tax on junk food. But Australia is split on the decision
Health

Dozens of countries have slapped a sugar tax on junk food. But Australia is split on the decision

Taxing drinks based on their sugar content would force manufacturers to make their products healthier,a parliamentary report argues. Some are not so convinced.

  • byAngus Thomson
Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s court win threatens to expose Facebook’s trillion-dollar secrets
Analysis
Social media

Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s court win threatens to expose Facebook’s trillion-dollar secrets

How does Facebook interact with fraudsters who book scam ads on its platform? Billionaire Andrew Forrest is about to find out.

  • byColin Kruger
Loophole allows alcohol advertising to be broadcast during the Wiggles
Exclusive
Alcohol

Loophole allows alcohol advertising to be broadcast during the Wiggles

Independent senator says the government must close a loophole in laws protecting children from alcohol advertising on free-to-air television.

  • byMike Foley
The Aussiest of ad campaigns,only it wasn’t made here
6:55
Business

The Aussiest of ad campaigns,only it wasn’t made here

Telstra’s new campaign features lovingly hand-crafted stop-motion animation … made in Eastern Europe.

Advertisement
It’s a job for dogged types
Opinion
Column 8

It’s a job for dogged types

Who can take the lead.

From Chiang Mai to Chicago
Opinion
Column 8

From Chiang Mai to Chicago

Bootleggers should knock it off.

‘Wild west’:The TikTok tanning ads breaching community standards
Exclusive
TikTok

‘Wild west’:The TikTok tanning ads breaching community standards

There are dozens,possibly hundreds,of other similar videos on social media,prompting leading advertising figures to call out marketing tactics lacking social responsibility.

  • byAisha Dow
NSW government’s new coercive control advertisement slammed
Exclusive
Domestic violence

NSW government’s new coercive control advertisement slammed

A video campaign ahead of new legislation does not have support from all quarters.

  • byMax Maddison,Alexandra Smith andMichael McGowan
‘Bright and unsolicited’ ads in the spotlight as Sydney billboards proliferate
City life

‘Bright and unsolicited’ ads in the spotlight as Sydney billboards proliferate

The out-of-home advertising industry is booming with more than 130,000 assets across the country,with calls for greater regulation of LCD billboards.

  • byAmber Schultz