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A water efficient puppy and a random nude guy: Sydney Water shows it’s easy to save in the drought 5

Nine and YouTube to broadcast the 2019 ARIA Awards

Realestate.com.au launches new First Home Buyers Hub alongside second season of How to Home Loan video series

Vice Australia’s Jamie Brewer departs for Monster Children 4

TAB launches ‘Long May We Play’ brand platform in first work from M&C Saatchi 5

Nine’s newspaper journalists demand answers following Hugh Marks-hosted Liberal fundraiser 19

‘Don’t feel sorry for old mate’: Ad for Adelaide shows no sympathy for sad elderly man 26

BMW creates a remote racing circuit in South Australia to launch its new M series of cars 1

Rebel Wilson to host Pooch Perfect on Seven 8

REA Group restructures with around 60 redundancies 14

QMS receives capital return of $38m after merger with Media Works in NZ

Redundancies at MCN as the business ‘re-orientates’ for the future 3

ABC’s Louise Milligan and Herald Sun’s Anthony Dowsley awarded 2019 Press Freedom Medals 2

Survivor and Have You Been Paying Attention? claim top demographic spots, but Nine takes Monday night 1

Press Council rules Sunshine Coast Daily’s ‘Anna You’re Next’ cover was ‘deeply regrettable’ 2

Huawei Australia appoints Apple’s Paul Jowett as director of marketing

The Australian goes glossy for the first time for Chanel

Fintech business Moula appoints Keep Left to its public relations account

Sling & Stone adds 10 clients to its roster 1

Ten axes Saturday Night Rove after two episodes 27

Ten adds Anna Heinrich, Kate Peck and Beau Ryan to Melbourne Cup reporting lineup 1

Pedestrian Group acquires American Express Openair Cinemas 1

Struggle Street to return to SBS for third season on October 9

Kayo Sports reveals viewer engagement data, reports 25m hours of streaming for June quarter 1

Sefiani Communications hires Nicole Thurston as its first creative director 1

Fox Sports News moves in with News Corp, launches new programming 1

Crimtan appoints Laura Kleiman as head of e-commerce retail 2

Nine to broadcast Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless 14

DAN’s Mitchell McBeath resigns from Columbus national MD role 4

Chief growth officer Peter Collins amongst the latest exits from VMLY&R 3

Digital advertising growth continues to slow despite a boost from SMEs and video

Nine comes out on top as The Block and Australian Survivor go head-to-head on Sunday night

Nine wins the ratings week, and Ten achieves its highest weekly share for the year

Roxy Jacenko shares her mental health story for Imperfectly Perfect campaign 54

Coles the latest brand to withdraw support from Alan Jones and 2GB 12

Seven takes out Friday night with broadcast of AFL charity match

Venessa Hunt and Karen Halligan join UnLtd as board directors 1

Saturday Night Rove tumbles to 138,000 metro viewers in its second outing 10

Pacific Star Network posts a 140% growth in revenue after acquiring AFL Publishing and selling Morrison Media titles

Trimantium GrowthOps posts $65m loss 59

Cox Inall Change and BWM Dentsu create the world’s most valuable poo for Bowel Cancer Australia 2

Dexus uses splashes of paint and sparks to illustrate the impact a good work space can have

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran leaves Crikey for ABC Life

Port Phillip Publishing fined $600,000 over misleading article 5

Canesten’s Thrush: The Musical 2 launches starring Sketchshe 5

Gogglebox and The Bachelor help Ten top key demos, but Seven wins Thursday night

James Graver named vice president, managing director Australia of Essence 7

VMLY&R Brisbane hires Kirsty Robinson as head of experience 2

Crusher tackle, can opener, holding the man: Unibet taps into the languages of Aussie sports 6

Haystac wins the public relations account for Fossil

303 Mullen Lowe appoints Becky Bishop as director of customer experience

Free streaming platform Tubi will launch in Australia on September 1

Carat retains $50m Medibank and AHM account 4

Media Advisor, a media buying platform for SMEs, to launch next month 3

Village Roadshow sells Edge Loyalty Systems for $32.3m

Havas Sport and Entertainment promotes Niamh Conroy to head of partnerships and content 1

Crikey apologises to former senator David Leyonhjelm over ‘randy’ story 2

News Corp partners with Trip A Deal for the ‘world’s richest travel prize’ 9

Jack Link’s targets men forced into going meat free in first integrated campaign 3

CHE Proximity wins IKEA’s creative account 17

Tess Phillips takes head government relations role with JC Decaux

Seven narrowly wins Wednesday night, but Ten stays strong in the demographics

SCA launches the Papa Project to support working dads 1

Nova CMO Tony Thomas resigns 1

Lachlan Brahe departs as managing director of Reprise 2

Bauer’s Effie Zahos and Money magazine’s Maria Bekiaris join Canstar

Beat Magazine unveils gig guide and website with brand new look

‘A place where play takes priority’: Emotive releases first work for Australian Turf Club 1

Carnival Cruise Line returns focus to ‘Honeyboomers’ 1

IVE increases profits by 22% as it plans to streamline brand names

Adhesive wins the PR account for Seek in Australia and New Zealand

Industry Super Australia campaigns to make its symbol ‘The only thing to look for’ when choosing a fund 1

Epic Hall merges into digital marketing agency Liquorice

Nic Jones resigns from CEO position at Pureprofile 8

Nick Swifte and Indy Khabra the latest DAN exits 12

Seachange and The Block drive Nine to a comfortable Tuesday night win

Digital marketing platform Promotr appoints Smart Solutions to handle its PR

Russell Quinn joins Citadel-Magnus as associate director in Perth

Sydney Roosters players to wear the names of their NRLW counterparts for Women in League round

Out-of-home revenues up 5.2% and digital on the rise, according to OMA half-year figures

Alan Jones a ‘reminder’ Nine needs to be on top of its game: Hugh Marks 3

Sparro wins the paid search account for Choice

Mr Carter wins the PR and marketing account for new FMCG brand Upbeat

Adelaide radio ratings: Mix 102.3 continues dominance

Australia Post appoints Coles’ Amber Collins as CMO 14

Urban List launches dining card via new e-commerce arm

Perth radio ratings: 96 FM continues to build audience share in breakfast as Botica’s Bunch for Breakfast takes the helm 4

Seven to shift focus to younger demographics under new CEO James Warburton 12