Category: Communication

Australia has fined X Australia over child sex abuse material concerns. How severe is the issue – and what happens now?

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Grant, has found X (formerly Twitter) guilty of serious non-compliance to a transparency notice on child sex abuse material. The commissioner...

New NBN rules to promote competition and long-term interests of Australians

The Australian Competition and Customer Commission (ACCC) has accepted NBN Co’s latest proposed variation to its Special Access Undertaking (SAU), which includes measures designed to...

How Secure Are Your IoT Devices?

As soon as smartphones became a staple of modern-day life, the rise of Internet of Things (IoT) devices became inevitable. The ability to collect useful...

ESG reporting critical to meet Australia’s 2050 net zero emission goals

ESG reporting critical to meeting Australia’s 2050 net zero emission goals Australian businesses will need to substantially boost investment in Environmental and Social Governance (ESG)...

ConnectID launches secure digital identity network for Australia

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has launched ConnectID, its digital identity solution to help Australians protect themselves from fraud and identity theft. ConnectID enables people to...

How did the media perform on the Voice referendum? Let’s talk about truth-telling and impartiality

The rules by which politics are conducted have changed dramatically, especially since the rise of Trumpism. Yet the professional mass media continue to cover politics...

SurveyMonkey launches MaxDiff Analysis, accelerating data prioritisation

Online survey platform SurveyMonkey has launched MaxDiff Analysis feature in its platform, allowing users to create a Best-Worst scaling process. The feature provides a quick...

5 ways AI is changing the way we communicate today 

With hundreds of AI-powered tools being released every day, it’s not a stretch to assume that AI is here to stay. When used correctly, AI...

Grammarly bags Leading AI Writing Assistant tilt in G2 Fall Grid® Reports

Writing assistant Grammarly has been named the Leader in 14 Fall 2023 Grid® reports in the AI Writing Assistant category by B2B software marketplace G2....

Telcos received over 1M complaints from 2022 to 2023, report says

New figures from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) show that Australian telcos received 1,037,823 complaints in the 2022–23 financial year. The number of...

The ‘yes’ campaign is generating the most media and social media content. Yet, it continues to trail in the polls

With almost a third of votes cast already in postal and pre-poll voting for the Voice to Parliament referendum, the “yes” campaign is ramping up...

Communicating through change, transformation, and crisis with Julie Toma

The year was 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak. With the virus disproportionately presenting worse symptoms among the elderly, the pressure to...

Teen-centric app’s video campaign to address isolation, social anxiety among 13 to 21 year olds

Wizz, the social media app that provides teens with a safe space to meet and chat with new friends around the world, has released a...

V2 Communications forges partnerships with healthcare technology innovators

Integrated communications firm V2 Communications has forged partnerships with Exo, Health Gorilla, and Neura Health, deepening its foothold in the healthcare technology market. “This market...

Renée Chaplin joins Constant Contact as VP of APAC   

Digital marketing and automation platform Constant Contact has announced Renée Chaplin as its new vice president of Asia Pacific (APAC). Chaplin will lead Constant Contact’s...

Does your employer have to tell if they’re spying on you through your work computer?

The COVID pandemic stimulated an irreversible shift in where, when and how we work. This 21st-century model of working – dubbed the “new normal” –...

How to measure the effectiveness of your external communications strategy and campaigns with Antonia Vann

“”Not everything that can be measured matters, and not everything that matters can be measured.”   One of the least discussed yet most pressing challenge...

3 costly mistakes Aussie businesses make in lead generation, unveiled by expert

In the competitive Australian business landscape, lead generation plays an important tool in funnelling customers into the business and maintaining sales and growth. A 2023...

Samsung’s ‘Unfold Your World’ Campaign bags grand prize at 2023 ARF David Ogilvy Awards

The ARF (Advertising Research Foundation) has named Samsung’s “Unfold Your World: Samsung Foldables’ Shift from Social Suicide to Ultimate Apple Trojan Horse” campaign as the...

Meta’s market cap up by 105% YoY, biggest increase among the big 5 tech companies

After losing two-thirds of its stock value in 2022, Meta has picked up the slack to become one of the best performers in the S&P...