Liars and unprincipled opportunists v risk managers and a positive vision
If you’ve read a newspaper recently you may have seen a full page anti- carbon ‘tax’ ad from the Australian Trade and Industry Alliance. They claim that the Australian scheme will raise $71 billion from 2012 to 2018 whereas the [...]
Why the Australian Trade and Industry Alliance ‘facts’ are not facts
A couple of links culled from the carbon price polls thread: Roger Jones and Peter Martin on the deceit behind the anti-carbon price scheme ads from the Australian Trade and Industry Alliance.
Larvatus Prodeo statement on the On Line Opinion advertising controversy
A public controversy has recently arisen regarding withdrawal of advertising from On Line Opinion because of material published on a comments thread attached to an article by Christian activist Bill Muehlenberg. Details of the issue can be found in this [...]
On Line Opinion and the advertising and “free speech” controversy
A lot of people will have seen discussion on the Saturday Salon thread of an apparent advertiser boycott of On Line Opinion, and consequently of blogs (including this one) which have been bundled together as a package for the purpose [...]
UK Labour MP unseated for breaching laws about truth in political speech
Legislative reform to ensure truth in political advertising has long been a policy priority of The Greens, and is one subject of the agreement on Parliamentary Reform made between the country Independents and the Gillard government in September. The usual [...]
The Gruen Greens ad goes more than viral
A lot of people reading here have probably seen the Greens ad from the “Pitch” section of Gruen Nation last night:
The Time Warp ad
I quite like this one. According to the opposition, though, it’s a “smear campaign”. Anyone else seen any good ads recently?
Bob Katter
As attention turns to the possibility of a very finely balanced election result, and thus to the possibility of neither major party getting over the magic 75 seats in the House of Representatives, the views of Independent MPs come into [...]
GetUp!’s new ad
GetUp! is appealing for donations to show this ad on tv:
Political advertising roundtable
Jason Wilson has an excellent post over at Restless Capital on the history of political advertising, and a classification of the various types of ads. In case you need a reminder that some political ads have always been terrible, I [...]
Labor could turn a carbon tax into a positive
The Coalition campaign has less money in the coffers than Labor, and if past indications are any guide, they’ll be holding back on their advertising spend for a blitz in the final ten days or so. It’s worth gazing into [...]
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