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News & Media
Jonah Ryan – Fake Independent
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...
Ad Standards finds ‘clean gas’ claim is misleading
The company belonging to Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has been found to have misled consumers about the cleanliness of methane gas. Ads for Hancock Prospecting’s recruitment webpage...
Parents sound the alarm over fossil fuel sponsorships
Parents sound the alarm: New report reveals concerns over fossil fuel school sponsorships harming children, with over half of parents backing an Australian-first restriction on coal, oil and gas...
Boost in pro-nuclear social media ads in January
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...
Ad Standards investigating Hancock Prospecting for alleged greenwashing
The company belonging to Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, is being investigated for allegedly misleading the public about the cleanliness of methane gas. Ads for Hancock Prospecting’s...
Press Council Complaint – Daily Telegraph
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,...
Life saving? Not with these sponsors…
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...
Coal-backed ads win the Queensland election
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...
GoodSense becomes first NZ agency to swear off fossil fuel clients.
The sustainability marketing and communications team at GoodSense is the first in Aotearoa to join climate communications group, Comms Declare. The proposition is simple - if you work in comms, stop...
AANA greenwashes itself with weakened Environmental Claims Code
Final code removes caution to high emissions industries and allows the use of offsets for net zero claims. The final Environmental Claims Code released today by the Australian Association of...
Greenwashing complaint against Jemena
Comms Declare has made a complaint to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) about claims Jemena has made about so-called ‘renewable gas’. The ‘renewable gas’ and ‘go natural gas’...
Comms Declare launches in New Zealand with F-list 2024
Climate communications group, Comms Declare has launched in New Zealand by publishing the first list of agencies with fossil fuel clients on both sides of the ditch and issuing a warning over...
First report into marketing’s exposure to fossil fuel clients across Australia and New Zealand
Political spin doctors are the dirtiest part of Australia’s communications industry for the second year running, according to the F-list 2024 by Comms Declare and Clean Creatives....
Victorian gas backflip a win for army of lobbyists
Gas and petroleum industry spin doctors have won the day, successfully overturning restrictions on the potent greenhouse gas in the state. The amount of lobbyists grew dramatically following the...
ACT businesses take a stand against fossil fuel marketing
Sixteen ACT organisations have pledged they won’t promote coal, oil and gas companies in support of a cleaner Capital Territory. IonDNA, SunStak, LightHouse and Future Swirl are among the...