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 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 | Mar 4, 2025 | Political Advertising
The pro-nuclear group backed by businessman, Dick Smith, increased its advertising on Meta by 91% in February. Nuclear for Australia spent more than $42,000 on advertising – double the previous month, according to the political spending database, Who Targets Me....
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 | Feb 4, 2025 | Media, Political Advertising
A pro-nuclear lobby group, founded by a high school student and backed by businessman, Dick Smith, increased its advertising on Meta by 148% in January. Nuclear for Australia spent more than $24,000 on advertising to reach more than 5M Australians during the month,...
