by Comms Declare | Apr 10, 2025 | Articles, Political Advertising
Far right political advertiser, Advance, has started the month with an ad blitz across five fake community and fake news social media pages. In the first week of April, its Facebook pages took out the top three spots in spending for non-political parties. Source:...
by Comms Declare | Apr 8, 2025 | Articles
We believe the opinion article by Nick Cater ‘Want honesty in politics? Teals should ditch the big spending hypocrisy’, published in the Australian Newspaper on 7 April, 2025, does not uphold the Press Council’s Statement of General Principals – Fairness and...
by Comms Declare | Mar 29, 2025 | Political Advertising
Brace yourselves. There’s an election coming – and with it, an onslaught of climate misinformation. Coal baron, Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots, spent more than a million dollars in 21 days on Google ads, including all sorts of climate nonsense. In...
by Comms Declare | Mar 26, 2025 | Media, Political Advertising
If you’re a middle aged female with an interest in solar power, nuclear campaigners want you. In the week 15th to the 21st of March, Nuclear for Australia and its offshoot astroturfing group, Mums For Nuclear, spent a combined $89,233 on Meta ads, according to online...
by Comms Declare | Mar 24, 2025 | Media
A LinkedIn post has been removed by Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) following a complaint lodged by the Environmental Defenders Office on behalf of climate communications charity, Comms Declare. The post, aimed at Victorian residents, claimed that gas...