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Dettol uses Facebook app to improve hygiene among Indonesian children

Mental takes just over $1m on opening weekend

Ex-Publicis Mojo Melbourne boss Sue Perry launches agency with former L’Oréal client Damon Garrett 9

Make-A-Wish shows effect of donations and sharing on social media on sick kids’ lives 2

Vevo launches event series with surprise Labrinth Bondi gig

Mumbrella launches upgraded free directory service

Unilever marketer Sharon Parker joins Mediabrands 1

Kangaroo Island ad survey: Aussie tourists 41% more likely to visit, 2% of comments after cash-for-tweets exposé were ‘particularly negative’ 3

Call for law forcing bloggers – and journos – to disclose payments and gifts 12

Schweppes launches ‘The Cocktail Revolution’ 1

The X Factor live wins Monday night with 1.465m 1

TMS makes twin hire to bolster digital offering 1

Sensis 1234: Don’t say it, text it 6

Breast Cancer Society: We all have a woman we can’t live without 9

Sunday Tele editor Neil Breen ‘to switch to Nine’s Today’ 2

Patts Brisbane hires Jim McKeown as senior creative 1

Mercedes dealers cancelled 2GB contract before Jones made Gillard comments 41

Suntory launches summer campaign for Midori 2

Johnnie Walker: ‘where flavour is king’ 2

VW unveils ad for ‘most important launch of the year’ 3

Virgin Mobile says Doug Pitt has helped drive awareness as campaign moves to retail focus in latest ad 5

Liquid Ideas to open Melbourne office

Julian Assange show rates 1.336m, wins time slot and all main ad demos for Ten 7

Sunday Tele outs The Australian’s journo as part of Young Liberals ‘cover-up’ over Alan Jones row 4

2GB suspends ads on Alan Jones breakfast show and accuses opponents of cyber bullying advertisers 62

Train ads arrive in Queensland 7

Mindshare successfully defends Unilever in Australia; PHD wins NZ battle

Radio ad revenues suffer drastic drop in September 5

Droga5 brand withdraws from New Zealand as agency rebrands as The Collective 3

Creative directors Oliver Devaris and Graham Johnson leave M&C Saatchi Sydney after 12 years 10

Virgin Australia: the romance is back 4

The Second Coming casts Sam Reid and Sarah Snook

Whybins win three golds at New York’s MIXX Awards

Shabbadu makes first hire in Angus Smallwood, launches summer freelance service 1

Peter Fray to lead AAP project offering syndicated freelance copy 2

New direction for Lenard’s chicken: ‘Let’s make something special’ 2

Seven’s Brynne: My Bedazzled Life debuts with timeslot win 7

John West reveals Fisherman versus Bear ad 8

Facebook: Chairs are made so people can sit down (and we’ve got a billion users now) 15

Hourigan International launches creative arm 4

Clems wins agency of the year at MADC Awards 4

The Sapphires enters top 15 all-time highest grossing Australian films 5

Tropfest announces call for entries, Toyota signs as sponsor

Saatchi’s Alex Carr moves to Havas Worldwide as Sydney MD 5

Mental director PJ Hogan: box office success for Australian films is about word of mouth – not marketing 8

Cricket Australia head of digital Mandi McPherson moves to Coles

The Australian to reveal its paywall numbers next month 3

M&C Saatchi Melbourne appoints Kenny Hill as MD, ‘If you’d like to talk, I’m all ears’

Geeks on a bike-powered turntable in ad for Arnott’s Shapes 13

Foxtel reveals cast for Prisoner remake Wentworth 10

Jill Meagher murder prompts Melbourne media firms to ramp up safety measures 9

Local box office bomb Bait gets sequel after international success 5

Comms Council launches industry body for account management

Puberty Blues finishes with 707,000 6

Heroine introduced in fisherman Vs bear story for John West 3

NewsLifeMedia revamps Taste.com.au and Vogue.com.au 3

‘Kids on speed’ among docos to get Screen Australia funding 1

Sol Beer sponsors Vevo Go Shows series 3

Cockatoo Island Film Festival announces event line up 4

The Monkeys launches billboard drag race for Ice Break 8

Hyundai Sante Fe: Experience the unforgettable 1

Big Brother live evictions no match for The X Factor 9

Older Australians treated as ‘brain dead’ by ‘patronising’ advertisers – survey 18

Bait continues to struggle as Looper opens strongly at box office 2

Médecins Sans Frontières launches news and doco portal 2

The Farm hires Michael Menzies as creative director 3

Print edition of Dynamic Business closes after 20 years

Greg Kinnear to star in US version of ABC’s Rake 4

Renault game invites drivers to ‘Zero-in’ on 0% finance rate 2

Hyundai A-league: If there were no stadiums, no mascots, no ads, no headlines, no ball, we’d play anyway 7

Animal Logic buys assets of Fuel VFX 1

WTFN launches Fred Media in time for MIPCOM

Underbelly: Badness ends on a low 3

Call for entries: September’s TV ad of the month

Australia’s ad market is ‘uncertain and volatile, return to ‘slight growth’ expected in 2013 2

Cricket Australia appoints Pulse to build Big Bash League brand 1

Brands pull ads from 2GB show following Alan Jones ‘died of shame’ comments about PM’s father 107

Redundancies at News Limited as consolidated Victorian sales team launches

NRL grand final helps Nine dominate Sunday viewing – but ratings no match for AFL 13

Click Energy: bills you don’t have to be afraid of

ABC begins production on Sam Simmons sketch show Problems

ACP unveils new-look Grazia 4

Melbourne Heart FC: you can have all the tricks in the book – but here, all that means nothing if you don’t have heart 6

Brands get tactical around AFL grand final, 39% of Herald Sun editorial pages devoted to AFL

Rhonda and Katut K.I.S.S.I.N.G. 22

Daily Tele launches next ‘We’re For Sydney’ campaign 10

Appsnack appoints Venessa Hunt as first ANZ sales director 6

Kiwi skateboarding brand Eshe declares ‘Religion is garbage’ 47