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 17, 2025 | Articles, Political Advertising
Seen a lot of Woodside billboards lately? You’re not imagining it.Data seen by Comms Declare shows that the petroleum giant quadrupled its spend on outdoor ads in 2024… even though it doesn’t sell anything directly to the public. Unusually, many of those...
by Comms Declare | Feb 20, 2025 | Articles, Political Advertising
There was some strange shenanigans on Meta in November, 2024.A fake independent was spotted on Facebook. Jonah Ryan’s photo appears to have been created by AI. His Facebook page (since deleted) and website (since deleted) were used to solicit emails for a...
by Comms Declare | Dec 2, 2024 | Articles
We submit that the front page article in the Daily Telegraph on Monday 2/12/24 named “Dark Ages” violates Press Council Guidelines regarding advertorials. The Guidelines for Advertorials state, ‘Advertorials’ should be identified by such terms as...
by Comms Declare | Dec 2, 2024 | Articles
In a state where the entire Nipper program is sponsored by petroleum giant, Woodside, it’s grimly unsurprising that WA’s Royal Life Saving is now laundering the reputations of Mitsui E&P Australia and Beach Energy. Part of the Japanese...
by Comms Declare | Nov 14, 2024 | Articles
Coal-backed think tanks spent up big to help the Liberal National Party (LNP) win the 2024 Queensland election. In October, the anti-renewable Australian Institute for Progress spent $155,346 on Meta ads (pictured). That’s more than the Labor...
