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Digital advertising continues to boom, up 42.1% for Q3 year-on-year

The Public Relations Institute of Australia appoints new national president

Double-digit ad growth continues 2

Subway moves to Publicis, ending 10 years with AKQA Media/Ikon

A-Leagues sign non-bank lender Liberty as naming rights partner for women’s competition

Jimmy Brings creates song featuring Aussie musicians

Thinkerbell launches first boating campaign for NRMA 1

Koala launches fictitious dog distracting toy in new ad

The SMH promotes Bevan Shields to editor

Travlr appoints Michelle Guthrie as chair

Toby Talbot named as first Ogilvy Network ANZ chief creative officer

Destination NSW launches ‘Feel New Sydney’ campaign via Havas Media & Leo Burnett

Audience Precision appointed by RedEarth Energy Storage to ‘entire marketing portfolio’

Snackmasters tops entertainment as Nine takes Tuesday

Former Special Group talent launch ad spec start-up, The Spec Sheet 5

Wavemaker unites the NBL and DoorDash

Triggerfish expands into UK market, appoints new head of UI design

Ogilvy’s government superannuation contract totals $2.3m

PM to launch inquiry into social media and mental health

Free-for-all underscores latest campaign for Free TV Australia

Icebreaker wraps man in plastic for first OOH campaign

The Monkeys awarded $1.65m contract for national recycling campaign

CUB’s Woody & Cola parodies Escape – The Piña Colada Song – in latest ad

Yahoo hits a ‘purple patch’ with its Newfront 2022 plans 1

Accor partners with Year13 for hospitality employment promotion

Report asks agencies to drop fossil fuel clients to keep staff

MFA delivers second annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion report

Seven West Media invests $10m in fintech Raiz 2

Cummins & Partners’ Paul Murphy appointed iProspect Melbourne MD

Nine’s Snackmasters debuts with 603k metro viewers

Brighte puts a spin on Fat Boy Slim in first consumer campaign

ACCC appeals $1m penalty in Employsure Google ads case

Menulog rebrands annual restaurant awards to Menulogies

Jellysmack makes new hires as Aus & NZ growth continues

Jack Dorsey resigns as Twitter’s CEO

Mumbrella CommsCon and Awards 2022 confirmed with industry leaders from Sling & Stone, Edelman and Sefiani

Lendlease releases campaign as love letter to Barangaroo

Australian Men’s Cricket Team features in latest Alinta Energy ad

MFA votes PHD’s Mark Jarrett to the board and reappoints 5 directors

TV Wrap: Lego Masters wins entertainment as Nine takes final ratings week

Indie agency Sparro acquires creative agency Jack Nimble

ViacomCBS invests $3.9m on digital ads for Paramount+ in 3 months

Aussie expat Nicole Taylor to become SVP & head of Lego Agency 7

Yahoo appoints new NSW sales lead from within

Exceptional Alien launches New Zealand travel special

Awaken, Man of Many & AdUnion among AFR’s Fast 100 list

Aus Gov to introduce new bill making social media platforms liable for defamation by ‘online trolls’

Thinkerbell makes 5 appointments and 1 promotion

Pat Baron departs Hero after 10 years at McCann

Visit Victoria and OMD bring Ten’s The Project to the streets of Melbourne

Media bosses among top 50 highest paid CEOs, with Seven James Warburton leading the way 2

The Bachelorette finale brings in smallest audience since Aus launch

The Block grand finale tops Week 46 VOZ report

Lifting of import ban triggers Australia’s first marketing campaign for Kava

PHD regional strategy head Chris Stephenson takes global CMO role

QLD Gov launches ‘No Jabs? No Pubs’ vax campaign via Publicis

Neuro study underlines the benefits of priming in radio advertising

In-house council adds new members and furthers market activities

Home and Away wins entertainment as Seven takes Wednesday

Google’s Pixel 6 calls itself the most inclusive camera in latest ad 3

Updated: Guests test positive for COVID following UnLtd’s Big Dream charity event 1

IMAA partners with ThinkTV, CRA, OMA and Boomtown for industry initiatives

CommBank turns focus on ‘game changing’ women in campaign from M&C Saatchi

Tinder and QPS team-up for online dating safety campaign

Dentsu Media launches early careers program: Basecamp

Alternative Dairy Company is ‘Today’s milk’ via Milk + Honey United

News Corp strikes deal with Vudoo to offer marketers new video advertising options

The Hallway’s Simon Lee: ‘Nobody has an issue calling their manager to say they have the flu’

Campaign Review: Christmas campaigns from Aldi, Coles & Woolies

QPS launches first recruitment campaign in 5 years via Hero Brisbane 1

ANZ marketing training program endorsed by AMI

Big floating bubbles highlight Daikin’s ‘pockets of air’ via BWM Isobar

Suzuki’s latest campaign from Deloitte Digital designed for ‘Australia’s most successful’

Big Brother VIP finale draws in 311K metro viewers as Nine wins Tuesday 1

Finder head of PR Adam Freedman exits after just 5 months

The Royals unveil marketing campaign for News Corp sports platform, Code

Football Australia reports drop in broadcast & sponsor revenue in FY2021

73% of Aussies now likely to buy new cars entirely online, says Carsales

Lush to stop posting on select social media accounts

Mitsubishi launches TikTok competition to star in a TV show

In-store purchases still preferred to digital shopping despite online boom, finds Nielsen

Jo Bladen appointed as director brand & content marketing at Foxtel

Aurora Expeditions promotes within to appoint first chief marketing officer

MEAA’s president Marcus Strom stands down after 5 years in post

Magazine print readership climbs but cross-platform numbers decline, new data shows

Hero launches first work for V2Food, ‘Taste-a-tarian’

Celebrity MasterChef finale draws in 700K metro viewers

Ryvalmedia wins new clients in Brisbane, prompting hire of local digital talent