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• Forty Winks Recruits Sod To Lead Website Design

  03-02-2026 23:59 via bandt.com.au
  After long shifts, Sod will be able to place their heads down on a fluffed up, brand spanking new pillow.
  
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• Oz Lotto Celebrates Humble Winners Via Special & Dentsu Queensland

  03-02-2026 23:39 via bandt.com.au
  Top of our post-Lotto winning list? A new set of tyres for our exercise bike.
  
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• Oz Lotto Celebrates Aussies Not Making Drastic Changes After Winning Millions Via Special & Dentsu Queensland

  03-02-2026 23:39 via bandt.com.au
  B&T would still be writing. However, we would have water front views to help boost the creativity levels.
  
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• The Unbearable Shiteness Of Being: The Curse & Blessings Of Chronic Anxiety

  03-02-2026 23:36 via bandt.com.au
  Al Crawford holds the rare distinction of being the first person to quote 17th century Pom poet John Milton in the pages of B&T.
  
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• Bench Media Wins Hisense Media Account

  03-02-2026 23:33 via bandt.com.au
  Global consumer electronics brand Hisense has appointed independent full-service media agency Bench Media as a media partner within its integrated ANZ agency village, following a review. Bench will play a key role in integrated, full-funnel media strategy, planning and buying, working alongside Hisense’s broader network of specialist agency partners to support the brand’s next phase […]
  
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• JOY Hires Ex-IPG CFO John Clements

  03-02-2026 23:18 via bandt.com.au
  Also handy with the willow, Clements will make a fine opening batter for Joy's fifth grade cricket side.
  
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• It’s Friday Wins URBNSURF’s Creative Account

  03-02-2026 23:03 via bandt.com.au
  It's Friday dropped in on its competitors and never looked back.
  
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• B&T’s Ones To Watch: Media Owners

  03-02-2026 02:52 via bandt.com.au
  Arthur Laundy tried his darndest to scupper this piece on Friday and succeeded (for a few days).
  
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• Digital Minds Group Walks Away With Fine Tours Group’s Media Account

  03-02-2026 02:38 via bandt.com.au
  Fine Tours Group not to be confused with the rowdier, insalubrious and bad-for-your-liver Wine Tours Group.
  
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• GIO Scores Big With Digital Outdoors, QMS Neuroscience Study Reveals

  03-02-2026 02:30 via bandt.com.au
  Putting rugby players on billboards increases attention. Who'd have thunk it?
  
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• Megan D’Audney Returns To Auckland To Join Designworks

  03-02-2026 02:21 via bandt.com.au
  After five long years of construction, even D'Audney wants to see the completion of Auckland’s rail network.
  
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• Mad Reality Check: Of Course, Big Agencies Buy Better… Don’t They?

  03-02-2026 02:20 via bandt.com.au
  Bigger isn't always better. Something B&T's team has known for many years...
  
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• Marley Spoon Dishes Up Reimagined Global Brand Platform

  03-02-2026 02:07 via bandt.com.au
  Was it a coincidence we posted this at lunchtime? Or were we just hungry? You will never know.
  
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• Porter Novelli Directors Launch Comms & Advisory Firm MGR&CO

  03-02-2026 02:04 via bandt.com.au
  Comms firm launches with unfathomable acronym as name. Plus ça change.
  
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• SMI: Ad Spend Dropped 5% In H2 2025

  03-02-2026 01:55 via bandt.com.au
  Clive Palmer kept the coffers healthy in the first half of the year. Though we expect he might be quieter moving forward.
  
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• Richard Brett & Anna Whitlam Join Global Women In PR’s Inaugural Advisory Board

  03-02-2026 01:55 via bandt.com.au
  GWPR's is, naturally, mostly women. Though there is one man included to explain things they already know.
  
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• TV Ratings (2/2/26): MAFS & Australian Idol Launches Battle It Out In The Ratings

  03-02-2026 01:53 via bandt.com.au
  Buckle up for office chat dominated by MAFS in the coming months; you've been warned!
  
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• TV Ratings (2/2/26): MAFS & Australian Idol Launches Battle It Out

  03-02-2026 01:53 via bandt.com.au
  Choosing between MAFS and Idol proved quite the conundrum for Australia's lobotomised last night.
  
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• NAB Releases New Business Banking Campaign Via TBWA

  03-02-2026 01:52 via bandt.com.au
  NAB wants to be your business partner at every stage. Unlike your actual partner, who passed out at contractions.
  
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• Simon Lawson To Depart PHD After 14 Years

  03-02-2026 01:46 via bandt.com.au
  Simon Lawson's out at PHD. But not before grabbing one final Bunnings snag.
  
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• B&T’s Agency Scorecards Return With An All-Singing, All-Dancing Twist!

  03-02-2026 01:34 via bandt.com.au
  Did you have a virtuoso performance in '25 or struggle to hold a tune? Find out for sure with the Agency Scorecards.
  
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• Nine’s AO Coverage Goes Head-to-Head With AFL & NRL Grand Finals

  03-02-2026 01:32 via bandt.com.au
  This is our final story on this year's AO, we promise. Notwithstanding any explosive ball boy drama.
  
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• Game, Set, Ratings: Nine’s AO Coverage Goes Head-to-Head With AFL & NRL Grand Finals

  03-02-2026 01:32 via bandt.com.au
  The Tennis is over, not that the content creators who were basking in branded bars really noticed anyways.
  
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• Cosmopolitan Australia Publisher KK Press ‘Closes On A High’

  03-02-2026 01:26 via bandt.com.au
  After relaunching Cosmopolitan magazine to the Australian market in 2024, independent publishing house KK Press has gone into voluntary liquidation after five years of operations. After it was axed in 2018 by Bauer Media (now Are Media), Cosmopolitan was relaunched in 2024 under the leadership of publisher Katarina Kroslakova and her publishing house, KK Press, in […]
  
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• Volaro Acquires Ad Marketplace Helio To Strengthen Commercial Footprint

  03-02-2026 01:11 via bandt.com.au
  Volaro acquires Helio. And, before you ask, neither are brand names for paracetamol.
  
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• Sky & ESPN Renew New Zealand Distribution Agreement

  03-02-2026 01:10 via bandt.com.au
  Do you enjoy tiresome American sports? Do you live across the ditch? Consider your prayers answered.
  
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• Isabella White Joins Oodle Media

  03-02-2026 01:07 via bandt.com.au
  There's oodles of fun to be had at Oodle. At least that's what they tell us.
  
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• ‘Awesome Catalyst For Growth’: Final Week To Enter B&T’s 30 Under 30 Awards!

  03-02-2026 01:04 via bandt.com.au
  You've just three days left to enter the 30 Under 30 Awards!
  
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• Pamela Anderson To Touch Down In Sydney For Wanderlust’s True North Series Event

  03-02-2026 00:58 via bandt.com.au
  Australian audiences will be the first in the world to experience Pamela Anderson live in conversation when the actor, author, and activist visits Australia in April 2026 as part of Wanderlust’s acclaimed True North event series. Appearing in Sydney and Melbourne, Anderson will step onto the stage for two human conversations exploring reinvention, resilience, and […]
  
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• Disney CEO Seems To Signal Early Depature As Shares Drop 6%

  03-02-2026 00:56 via bandt.com.au
  Iger must have the patience of a saint. We tap out of most Disney films after just 20 minutes.
  
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• Simon Lawson Departs PHD After 14 Years

  03-02-2026 00:48 via bandt.com.au
  Simon Lawson's out at PHD. But not before grabbing one final Bunnings snag.
  
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• Hatched’s Tania Babela & JCDecaux’s Aimee McCall Join IMAA Female Leaders Of Tomorrow Programme

  03-02-2026 00:44 via bandt.com.au
  The nationwide professional development programme has recorded the largest number yet of applicants and mentees from indie agencies in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. It will see 39 mentees participate in this year’s IMAA Female Leaders of Tomorrow programme. The mentees – all emerging female industry leaders from IMAA member agencies and partners across […]
  
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• Hatched’s Tania Babela & JCDecaux’s Aimee McCall Join IMAA Female Leaders Of Tomorrow Program

  03-02-2026 00:44 via bandt.com.au
  The Female Leaders of Tomorrow program returns. And it's set to be a doozy. Not that the others made us dozy.
  
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• Fast 10: Think HQ’s Jen Sharpe On The Importance Of Communicating With Multicultural Australia

  03-02-2026 00:28 via bandt.com.au
  In which Sharpe reveals her surprising love for Below Deck.
  
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• Fast 10: Think HQ’s Founder & MD Jen Sharpe On The Importance Of Communicating With Multicultural Australia

  03-02-2026 00:28 via bandt.com.au
  Waiting patiently for Sharpe's miniature trains business to launch next.
  
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• Brisbane Heat Delivers Record-Breaking Season Via Sunny Advertising

  03-02-2026 00:18 via bandt.com.au
  The Brisbane Heat’s 2025–26 Big Bash League season may have ended short of finals, but off the field the club delivered one of the strongest fan engagement and attendance performances in its fifteen year history. In partnership with Sunny Advertising who led the Heat’s digital advertising strategy, the Heat saw more than 150,000 fans pass […]
  
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• Dove Spotlights Girls In Sport For Super Bowl ‘The Game Is Ours’ Spot

  03-02-2026 00:01 via bandt.com.au
  The body care brand has returned to the Super Bowl for its third consecutive year, continuing to champion girls’ body confidence in its latest ad, ‘The Game Is Ours,’ brought to life via Ogilvy. Dove’s ad opens with the statistic that one in two girls who quit sports are criticized for their body type. The […]
  
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