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Senior marketers Mim Haysom (Suncorp), Steph Garner (Australian Red Cross Lifeblood) and Shannon Wright (Nestlé) will headline Inside Effectiveness this month, sharing the decisions behind their Effie-winning work and practical lessons for marketers. As scrutiny on...

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has released its Compliance Principles for 2026–2027, signalling a more proactive, risk‑based and digitally focused enforcement approach. For advertisers of therapeutic goods (ie, medicines, medical devices, and many...

Advertising Council Australia (ACA) has appointed its inaugural Futures Board, a group of 11 emerging industry leaders tasked with providing strategic input and recommendations to the ACA Board. Members were selected from across disciplines, including data, social...

Hannah Sturrock, National Head of Engagement, Advertising Council Australia *** Every year, as entries for Cannes Young Lions Australia open, I hear the same reasons people give for not entering. Most of them are myths and they’re holding back some seriously good...

Inside Effectiveness will return to Sydney and Melbourne in February, bringing together Effie Award-winning work and research to help marketers and agencies cut through complexity and drive long-term growth. Presented by Advertising Council Australia (ACA) and the...

Annabel Begeng, Senior Creative/Copywriter, and Lily Lazzarotti, Senior Art Director at Johannes Leonardo NY, took out the 2025 Young Lions Australia PR competition with an idea that stood out for its cultural relevance, simplicity and strategic clarity. The brief...

By Annabel Begeng, Senior Creative/Copywriter & Lily Lazzarotti, Senior Art Director at Johannes Leonardo NY. *** Look at the campaigns that dominate Cannes and other international award shows, and a pattern emerges: many of the most impactful ideas are driven by PR...

We always get lots of questions about the Young Lions competition. Before you email us, have a read of the FAQs below. *** Can I wait to see the briefs before deciding which category to enter?No, you need to register first to receive the brief. The briefing partner...

Little Black Book plays an important role in supporting and elevating the creative community across Australia. As part of its ongoing relationship with ACA, LBB is offering ACA members an opportunity to join the platform for twelve months on a Standard Membership for...

By Elizabeth McIntyre, CEO, Outdoor Media Association (OMA) *** When we launched the first OMA Creative Awards last year, we hoped to spark a new platform for outdoor creative ambition. The diversity of 100-plus entries we received proved OOH as the canvas for...

AWARD is calling on the industry’s brightest minds to join its esteemed panel of judges in 2026. The AWARD Awards, APAC’s premier creative awards program, recognise excellence across advertising, design, craft, film, entertainment, strategy, and more, spotlighting the...

Drawing inspiration from 19th-century ornithology, the scientific study of birds, the 2026 campaign introduces bespoke calls for each award category in a series of films directed by Revolver’s Leilani Croucher. Every call is composed from the chirps, peeps and trills...

Australia’s top marketers and creatives came together in Sydney last week for Effie: The Work Behind The Work, where leaders, including Nestlé’s Shannon Wright, Australian Retirement Trust’s Simonne Burnett, VML’s Alison Tilling and Jack Delmonte, and M+C Saatchi’s...

Advertising Council Australia (ACA) has officially opened entries for the 2026 Young Lions Australia Competition, appointing five Jury Chairs who will lead judging across the categories of Media, Marketing, Digital, Film and PR. In 2026, Aimee Buchanan, CEO of WPP...

Nine weeks, 10 agencies, endless inspiration. Western Australia’s next generation of advertising talent has wrapped up ACA's JumpStart graduate program, a nine-week immersion into the state’s top creative, media, and marketing agencies. Designed to show students what...

The Commercial Producers Council (CPC) has announced the appointment of Tom Slater, Executive Producer at Collider, as its new Co-Chair. Slater joins Kate Gooden (Partner, Scoundrel), following Martin Box’s (Executive Producer, Finch) completion of a four-year term....

AWARD School, Australia’s training ground for creative talent, has announced a new lineup of program leaders for 2026. Stepping into the role of National & NSW Co-Chairs are Josie Fox, Creative Director at BMF Australia, and Tom Lawrence, Creative Director at DDB...

Twenty-one of Australia’s rising agency leaders spent three intense days in Sydney last week exploring what it really takes to lead with confidence, clarity and humanity as part of Advertising Council Australia’s IPA Business & Agency Leadership residential....