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Advertising Council Australia (ACA) has unveiled a new three-year strategy aimed at highlighting the vital link between creativity and effectiveness, while sharpening the industry’s focus on long-term sustainability and diversity and inclusion. Unveiled by ACA Chair...

Sarah Jones-Palmer, Co-Founder, The Human Co *** In fast-moving organisations, growth often arrives like a wave: a major pitch win, a merger or acquisition, a funding milestone, a restructure, or the arrival of a new rockstar CEO. There’s energy, momentum, and a sense...

James Donald, Co-Founder & CEO, Ideally *** Some of the world’s best ideas are born on napkins, and then buried by bureaucracy or worse… the lack of confidence to put it on the table. Somewhere between the spark and the sign-off, that energy fizzles. Not because the...

AdSchool has announced its 2025 speaker lineup—bringing together some of the sharpest minds in strategy, leadership, and creativity from across Australia and New Zealand. Industry leaders, including Droga5 ANZ Chief Strategy Officer Milla McPhee, Leo Burnett CEO Clare...

From 1 April to 31 May, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) reporting season is in full swing. This annual lodgement period is not just a compliance milestone—it’s a chance to take stock of where your agency stands on gender equity, and what steps you can take...

With the AWARD Awards deadline fast approaching, Telstra CMO Brent Smart shares a candid call to action: less spin, more substance. He wants to see work that doesn’t need a case study to shine—just great ideas, powerfully executed.   What advice would you give to...

Advertising Council Australia (ACA) has today announced the 2025 Young Lions Competition finalists—rising stars who are now one step closer to representing Australia on the global stage in Cannes. This year’s competition saw hundreds of competitors across media,...

  Can you spare two minutes of your time to help us understand how disability inclusion is changing in our industry? Complete the survey here. It has been 18 months since the industry first banded together to tackle the issue of disability inclusion in...

On March 20, ACA held its inaugural Pints With a Planner event in Perth – a relaxed after-work catch-up designed to bring creative, media, and digital strategists together. While local creatives often connect, planners rarely get the same opportunity. This initiative,...

ACA is delighted to welcome Val Morgan as a supporter of Young Lions Australia, joining Meta and Nine in championing the next generation of creative talent. As sponsors of the Film, Digital and Media categories respectively, each will play a pivotal role in the 2025...

The Australasian Writers and Art Directors (AWARD) has unveiled its panel of Jury Chairs and jurors for the 46th AWARD Awards, bringing together 81 of APAC’s top creative minds to judge the region’s most outstanding work. Judging will take place in two rounds: the...

Great strategy isn’t about ticking boxes—it’s about thinking and executing differently. AdSchool Core Strategic Planning facilitator Sebastian Revell (Executive Strategy Partner at Emotive) has spent years honing the skills that transform good thinking into...

Advertising Council Australia (ACA) has unveiled the briefs for the 2025 Young Lions Competition, with this year’s challenge spotlighting social enterprise Saveful—a free, sustainability-driven app helping Australians save money and food. Entrants are tasked with...