Canberra Airport turns down Campaign for Australian Aid ads as overly political

Canberra Airport has refused to run ads from the Campaign for Australian Aid highlighting funding cuts expected in the federal budget.

The organisation has already placed full page adverts in the Mosman Daily, the local paper of treasurer Joe Hockey, as part of its Interrupt Joe campaign and wanted to buy space at the airport ahead of Tuesday’s budget.

The Campaign claimed Hockey has refused to respond to 11,000 emails asking him to reconsider the cuts. The airport ads were to have carried the wording: “Hi again Joe. Checked your emails yet?”

Canberra Airport said it has a ban on any form of political advertising.