Category: Communication

Why is it legal to tell lies during the Voice referendum campaign?

A referendum to recognise First Nations Australians in Australia’s Constitution by establishing a Voice to Parliament will be held later this year. The Voice would...

Albanese gov’t to allocate $6.2M to tackle children body image distress

The Albanese Government is providing $6.2 million to The Embrace Collective for their Embrace Kids program to help kids tackle body image issues to live...

ACMA to improve consumer protections, puts telcos on notice

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has today put Australia’s telco industry on notice that it must significantly improve its consumer protection framework. A...

If AI image generators are so smart, why do they struggle to write and count?

Generative AI tools such as Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2 have astounded us with their ability to produce remarkable images in a matter of...

Muck Rack welcomes Lisa Landa as first CMO

Public relations management platform Muck Rack has appointed its first chief marketing officer, Lisa Landa. In a media release, Muck Rack said Lisa will serve...

Twitter loses global traffic following anti-data scraping measures

Twitter has incurred a significant loss of traffic globally after it limited the number of tweets accounts could view in a day. According to data...

ACMA to prioritise protecting consumers in 2023-24

For 2023-24, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has vowed to protect consumers by curbing the negative effects of gambling, address fraudulent SMS scams,...

‘A study buddy’ that raises ‘serious questions’: how uni students approached AI in their first semester with ChatGPT

When ChatGPT burst onto the scene in November last year, there was intense speculation about the implications of this technology for university teaching and learning....

Is government regulation of generative AI a good thing?

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful technology that can create realistic and sophisticated content such as images, videos, and text. With the...

Fixed wireless connections improving for Australians, ACCC says

Broadband retailers are continuing to deliver download speeds to consumers that are close to their maximum plan speeds, the ACCC’s latest Measuring Broadband Australia report...

CyberRisk Alliance enters public relations with LaunchTech acquisition

Business intelligence company CyberRisk Alliance (CRA) has acquired LaunchTech Communications, a public relations and communications agency serving fast-paced, global cybersecurity and technology companies. LaunchTech, founded...

DoubleVerify to enhance advertiser measurement on Meta Reels

Digital media measurement platform DoubleVerify has announced an expansion of its quality solutions with Meta to enable media measurement and help maximise advertiser performance on...

Taking matters into your own hands: Advice for businesses looking to run a voluntary scheme

Innovation fuels the world’s most prominent economies, with brilliant ideas thriving on speed, agility, and adaptability. Unfortunately, there’s a rather large obstacle that can often...

81% of customers want more video from brands, State of Video Technology reveals

A survey of 2,009 adults in the U.S. and U.K. found that more than 8 out of 10 consumers want brands who communicate with them...

Worried about AI? You might have AI-nxiety – here’s how to cope

Even tech experts have been astonished by the recent, rapid growth of AI technology, able to hold human-like conversations in multiple languages, create music and...

New data from SurveyMonkey reveals disconnect between customers, digital marketers

New data from online survey platform SurveyMonkey has revealed a drastic disconnect between consumers’ feelings and digital marketing professionals’ perceptions about customer experiences. The analysis...

Winners of Adobe Experience Maker Awards revealed

Adobe has announced the winners of the annual Experience Maker Awards, where brands from Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) featured prominently, taking home a total...

Acast launches new self-serve platform for podcast advertising

Independent podcast company Acast has launched host-read sponsorships on its self-serve podcast advertising platform. Now, any advertiser globally can book sponsorship campaigns across the entire...

Yes, AI could help us fix the productivity slump – but it can’t fix everything

Our nation is experiencing its lowest productivity growth in 60 years, according to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia. And this downturn is...

Australian Competition Tribunal nixes Telstra, TPG Telecom deal

The Australian Competition Tribunal has upheld the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) decision to reject the proposed regional spectrum authorisation agreement between Telstra Corporation...