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Move over, Darryl Kerrigan: cottage owner’s defeat of giant billboard to shake councils across Australia

16-09-2023 22:00

Richard Leahy fought Brisbane city council all the way to the high court – and the case could prove to be a bellwether Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAt the bottom of a slope leading towards the inner-city Brisbane suburb of Red Hill is a tin and timber house described, even by its owner, as a modest little cottage. It is an unlikely ground zero for a legal stoush whose outcome will shake councils around the country.It began one day in 2020 when an

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Yes campaign ramps up with new $20m ad campaign and rallies around Australia

16-09-2023 06:15

Launch of new ad during football finals coincides with Walk for Yes events in major citiesRead our voice referendum explainer and see the latest voice poll resultsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe yes campaign has stepped up its efforts ahead of the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum, launching a $20m advertising blitz as it holds rallies around the country.The ad, which launches on Saturday across TV, digital, radio and print, features a young I

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From smoking to seatbelts: hard-hitting safety campaigns that made a difference

16-09-2023 06:00

Here are four of the most graphic British public health TV ads of recent years‘Dire need’ for labels on alcohol and ads about unhealthy eating to cut avoidable cancersCancer charities and health campaigners are calling for a return to hard-hitting advertisements – common in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s – to help tackle public health problems. Below are some of the key public health ads of past decades. Continue reading...

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‘Dire need’ for labels on alcohol and ads about unhealthy eating to cut avoidable cancers

16-09-2023 06:00

Health campaigners call for hard-hitting messages about risks of drinking and of being overweightFrom smoking to seatbelts: hard-hitting safety campaigns that made a differenceHard-hitting TV campaigns about the dangers of unhealthy eating and labels on alcohol are needed to curb the huge rise in avoidable cancers, charities and health campaigners have warned.The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) said mass media campaigns, using tough messages mirroring the graphic photographs and wording on cig

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