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• Junkee Axes Punkee Amid Redundancies & New Creator-Led Focus

  30-06-2026 02:54 via bandt.com.au
  
  Junkee Media will stop publishing its Gen Z focused Punkee website and will move to a smaller, creator-led structure. As a result of the moves “a number of roles are affected”, its parent company RACAT Group said. Junkee blamed a challenging advertising market and money shifting to major social media for its shift in focus. […]
  
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• Mindshare: B&T’s Agency Scorecard 2026

  30-06-2026 04:36 via bandt.com.au
  
  Mindshare's rollicking good times seem set to continue as it sets the tempo for Australia's media agencies.
  
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• Match & Wood: B&T’s Agency Scorecard 2026

  30-06-2026 04:31 via bandt.com.au
  
  Match & Wood marks up another year as a top indie.
  
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• Consultants Pontificate On PitchMaxxing: ‘AI Overpromising In Pitches (& Underdelivering) Is A Problem In Australia’

  30-06-2026 04:22 via bandt.com.au
  
  Overpromising in a pitch and underdelivering in reality? This is the first B&T's hearing of it!
  
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• TV Ratings (29/6/2026): Secret Letter Rocks Farmer Wants A Wife As Show Tops Monday Ratings

  30-06-2026 04:10 via bandt.com.au
  
  B&T's industry leading coverage of Farmer Wants A Wife continues apace here.
  
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• ‘The Minute You Sign A Contract With A Business, You’re The Farthest Removed From The Customer’: How Marketers Can Build Brands That Win Again And Again

  30-06-2026 04:08 via bandt.com.au
  
  Do you really know your customer? Or are you actually a bit scared of them? Find out the strength of your relationship here.
  
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• Don’t Miss Out! Enter B&T’s Women In Media Awards Before It’s Too Late

  30-06-2026 04:00 via bandt.com.au
  
  Don't want FOMO? Then get entering!
  
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• Will Ferrell Goes Method In New SKIMS Menswear Campaign

  30-06-2026 03:53 via bandt.com.au
  
  Will Ferrell stars for Skims in this new campaign. Something we'd never thought we'd wanted to see and almost wish we hadn't.
  
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• Vinted Appoints Advertising Advantage Ahead Of Australian Launch

  30-06-2026 03:52 via bandt.com.au
  
  Are your clothes looking a touch thread-bare and moth-holed? Consider getting some new used clothes here.
  
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• Hero Mighty Patch Launches ‘Pop This, Patch That’ Campaign Via Bounce

  30-06-2026 03:51 via bandt.com.au
  
  Do you have a pimply intern in your business? Maybe send this to them.
  
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• ‘Legend, Trailblazer & Role Model’ To Women in Retail Media: Sarah Minassian Exits Metcash

  30-06-2026 03:50 via bandt.com.au
  
  Sarah Minassian leaves Metcash... and finally escapes the Macquarie Park commute.
  
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• Move First, Not Perfectly: Inside Polaris’ 2026 Upfront

  30-06-2026 03:44 via bandt.com.au
  B&T a lucky guest at Polaris' recent upfront event. Though we opted for the sausage rolls over the caviar.
  
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• ‘The Opportunity Ahead Of Us Is Massive’: Peter Charles Steps Into SCA Melbourne MD Shoes

  30-06-2026 03:30 via bandt.com.au
  
  The former sales executive of Seven Network, Peter Charles, is now in charge of overseeing the merged Melbourne business, as Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) continues to hire Seven figures across its leadership structure. Charles has been confirmed as Managing Director of SCA’s combined Melbourne operation, taking charge of a portfolio that now spans Triple M, […]
  
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• ‘The Opportunity Ahead Is Massive’: Peter Charles Steps Into SCA Melbourne MD Shoes

  30-06-2026 03:30 via bandt.com.au
  
  Southern Cross gets its new Melbourne deal striker. And says he still refuses to drink Sydney coffee.
  
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• Junkee Closes Punkee Brand Amid Redundancies & New Creator-Led Focus

  30-06-2026 02:54 via bandt.com.au
  
  Junkee calls time on Punkee.
  
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• Fast 10: G Adventures’ Adelle Clements On The Career Advice That Made Her A Better Marketer

  30-06-2026 02:53 via bandt.com.au
  
  G Adventures is sadly not a travel-based spin-off of noughties rap group G Unit, though we wish it was.
  
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• Fast 10: Adelle Clements On The Career Advice That Made Her A Better Marketer

  30-06-2026 02:53 via bandt.com.au
  
  G Adventures is sadly not a travel-based spin-off of noughties rap group G Unit, though we wish it was.
  
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• Labor’s Gambling Ad Reforms To Be Introduced This Week With ‘Minor’ Changes

  30-06-2026 02:24 via bandt.com.au
  
  Labor’s long-awaited legislation on gambling advertising will be introduced into parliament this week ahead of a five week winter break. The new laws will enforce a cap of three gambling ads per hour during daytime TV, a ban on ads during live sports matches, and a phase-out of stadium and jersey branding. Prime Minister Anthony […]
  
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• Ekka Releases Sesquicentennial Campaign Via Engine

  30-06-2026 02:22 via bandt.com.au
  
  Did you have to Google sesquicentennial? Take solace in knowing you're almost certainly not alone.
  
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• ACCC Takes Amazon To Court Over ‘Unfair’ Prime Video Ads Rollout

  30-06-2026 02:19 via bandt.com.au
  
  Prime Video catches ACCC ire. Hopefully the fashion police can do something about Jeremy Clarkson while they're at it.
  
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• ACCC Takes Amazon To Court Over Unfair Prime Video Ads Rollout

  30-06-2026 02:19 via bandt.com.au
  
  The ACCC has sued Amazon for breaching Australian Consumer Law by using “unfair” contract terms in subscriptions to Prime Video to force subscribers to pay more for ad-free services. The ACCC said that between November 2023 and August 2025, more than one million subscribers contained what it described as “five unfair contract terms” that allowed […]
  
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• HoMie Brings First Pop-Up To Today the Brave’s Sydney Gallery

  30-06-2026 02:14 via bandt.com.au
  
  Streetwear label and social enterprise HoMie launched its first Sydney pop-up, fronted by an exclusive, one-of-one drop, in partnership with Today the Brave. From Saturday 27 June, HoMie arrived at Gallery Brave for the Surry Hills pop-up. They brought their full streetwear range, offering locals their first chance to shop and meet the team behind […]
  
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• MasterFoods Launches ‘Un-Mid Your Meal’ Campaign Via T&P Australia

  30-06-2026 02:12 via bandt.com.au
  
  MasterFoods has launched the ‘Un-Mid Your Meal’ campaign alongside range of new boldly flavoured sauces, seasonings and recipe bases. The campaign by T&P Australia came to life thanks to Haven’t Your Done Well productions with directing duo Will & Sej. The two hero videos see everyday Aussies complaining about their “mid” meals. A MasterFoods EDM Genie […]
  
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• Dressed By Dashing Transforms Retail Mannequins Into Indigenous Art For NAIDOC Week

  30-06-2026 02:11 via bandt.com.au
  
  Sydney production house Dressed by Dashing has partnered with Gudanji artist Ryhia Dank of Nardurna to create a collection of limited-edition mannequins launched during NAIDOC Week 2026. The pieces are not designed to display clothing. Instead, each mannequin carries artwork rooted in the traditions of the Yugala-Gudanji people, turning a standard retail fixture into a […]
  
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• Bikesales Launches New Bike Buyer’s Guide To Cut Through Research Overload

  30-06-2026 02:10 via bandt.com.au
  
  Bikesales has launched a New Bike Buyer’s Guide, a permanent resource featuring 25 hand-picked motorcycles across five categories. The guide was prompted by platform data showing the average bike buyer spends 95 days researching and views 79 pages before purchasing. Each category, including adventure, learner, road, dirt and cruiser, includes a top pick to help […]
  
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• Adventure Entertainment Acquires Outdoor Media Brand We Are Explorers

  30-06-2026 02:09 via bandt.com.au
  
  Adventure Entertainment has acquired Australian digital outdoor media brand, We Are Explorers.  Founded by Henry Brydon in 2014, We Are Explorers has grown from a personal blog into Australia’s digital outdoor publication. Its network reaches more than 2 million Australians each month and delivering award-winning campaigns for brands including Patagonia, Toyota, and Tourism Tasmania. The […]
  
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• From the Cannes Jury Room: A Front-Row Seat to Creativity’s Evolution

  30-06-2026 01:55 via bandt.com.au
  
  In this exclusive op-ed, Leo Australia’s CEO, Clare Pickens, shares from inside the Creative Business Transformation Jury room at Cannes. This year, one thing was made clear – the future of creativity lies not in making more content, but in ideas that change the world. Being invited to judge at Cannes Lions is one of […]
  
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• Anthony Joshua Spars With WhatsApp Usernames To Promote Privacy Upgrade

  30-06-2026 01:38 via bandt.com.au
  
  British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua has fronted a video urging WhatsApp users to select a unique username in Meta’s latest privacy upgrade for the messaging app. The move is a new feature designed to protect the privacy of a user’s phone number. In a video to promote the message, Joshua is in a barber shop […]
  
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• Bigdatr Launches CTV Tool For Marketers To Monitor Competitor Ad Spend

  30-06-2026 01:27 via bandt.com.au
  
  Australian-based ad intelligence platform, Bigdatr, is launching its monitoring of CTV, giving local marketers visibility into competitor advertising and media spend data across Australia’s major paid streaming platforms. This launch aligns with the growing dominance of streaming in Australian viewing habits, with an average of 14 hours per week now spent streaming content. As audiences […]
  
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• Urban List Expands Into Rome & Barcelona With ahm Travel Insurance

  30-06-2026 00:59 via bandt.com.au
  
  As Urban List expands to Rome and Barcelona, giving us a real hankering for Marlboro Reds and an Aperol Spritz.
  
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