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Sportsbet, Ultra Tune, Ashley Madison and Libra feature in the most complained about ads of the decade

Ten’s I’m A Celebrity tops entertainment programming on Wednesday night, drawing 725,000 metro viewers

‘Creatives For Bushfires’ initiative seeks to match agencies with businesses in need 3

Nimble appoints King Kong to its digital marketing account 9

Tourism NT opens tender for a panel of public relations agencies 3

The gap between Today and Sunrise begins to close, as just 46,000 metro viewers separate the morning shows 4

Seven unable to use Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston in Plate of Origin marketing 7

Hotwire becomes communications agency of record for tech platform Pluralsight 1

‘Smoggys’, P2 masks created by Wavemaker and Ogilvy team members, in production to fundraise for RFS 17

Foxtel Media appoints Nicole Florio as head of marketing and comms

November ad spend drops 11% as pre-Christmas retail boom fails to emerge

Marley Spoon celebrates its new range of meal kits in first marketing push of 2020

2020’s breakfast battles officially begin with 225,000 metro viewers for Today and 293,000 for Sunrise 7

Ben Roberts-Smith faces defamation case setback, losing bid to access documents containing journos’ sources 6

Little Women takes $3.34m at weekend box office, but can’t topple Jumanji

Eric Bana voices pro bono bushfire campaign as adland rallies for Gippsland 3

Australian Survivor: All Stars to premiere on 3 February

Vegan burger sceptics forced to eat their words in Oporto’s launch campaign 2

Esther Wilson joins Camilla as marketing manager 1

Westpac head of PR Sarah Scott moves to Xero

Mike Byrne joins ARN as content director for WS FM

Nine drops Macquarie Media branding for radio assets 15

News Corp prepares to offload Unruly to Tremor 12

Ten’s Hughesy, We Have A Problem to return on 20 January 1

‘We’re all part of the story’: The National Australia Day Council touts inclusivity in new ad for 26 January 41

I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here draws 980,000 metro viewers for its premiere

Australia’s media outlets clash over bushfire coverage 11

I’m A Celebrity line-up revealed with Myf Warhurst, Tom Williams, Rhonda Burchmore and Tanya Hennessy heading into the jungle 2

Karl Stefanovic’s early return to Today brings in 231,000 metro viewers 37

Scott Morrison releases ad promoting government’s bushfire response 16

Tourism Australia pulls Kylie Minogue’s Matesong campaign amid bushfire crisis 5

MAFS star and Nine settle defamation case, apologising to cafe owner for ‘completely false’ allegations

NSW Police refers Angus Taylor doctored documents investigation to AFP 4

Jumanji: The Next Level soars to the top of the Australian box office, while Cats struggles on debut

Marie Claire magazine launches campaign for the constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians 1

ABC’s NYE fireworks coverage grows audience, with 1.256m metro viewers tuning in

News Corp apologises to Karl Stefanovic as part of defamation settlement 5

Nine pans Facebook over inability to remove scam ads

Who Magazine confuses famous women of colour, again 5

Kylie Minogue stars in Tourism Australia’s Philausophy campaign targeting Brits 22

Royal Brunei Airlines launches first Australian campaign in five years

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker takes almost $18m in opening weekend 1

Write Away Communication wins the PR account for Plush

Caltex Australia set to rebrand as Ampol

CEO of Enero Group, Matthew Melhuish, to step down 3

Carlton Draught launches refreshed logo and adds trivia quiz under its bottle caps 1

Jason Hodges’ final episode of Better Homes and Gardens brings 513,000 to Seven on Saturday night

Ebay announces plans to merge Carsguide.com.au and Autotrader.com.au with Gumtree following acquisition 2

One Small Step Collective launches media agency Super Nova, led by Emma Macey

Daily Telegraph apologises to John Jarratt as defamation case settles

‘C’mon Aussie, c’mon’ returns in CommBank cricket campaign starring Ellyse Perry 4

Former The Mandarin publisher, Tom Burton, named AFR government editor 2

David Lock joins Cannings Purple as special counsel

‘Dear Marion’: Group of Australian creatives appeal to Scott Morrison’s mother to have the PM take action on the climate crisis 1

Tony Kendall, Nick Chan and Robert Whitehead join Australian Community Media 5

Overwhelming majority of Australians support digital platforms regulation: Roy Morgan poll

Erin Phillips to fill in for Jodie Oddy on Mix 102.3’s Jodie and Soda Breakfast Show

Dee Dee Dunleavy to host Afternoons on Melbourne’s 3AW 1

News Corp appoints Chris Jones as The Courier Mail editor, with Jenna Cairney taking over at The Mercury 1

Adam Lang’s defamation case against The Daily Telegraph resolved at mediation 1

Greenpeace takes a stand against climate change inaction with an angry Santa inside an Ash Globe

SCA’s Perth GM, Gina Hogan, exits

Erin Stam replaces Kate Marks as Ausfilm EVP

Libra tops the list of most complained about ads for 2019 7

A Current Affair breached privacy rules in reports about Uber driver, rules ACMA

Overpaying consumer told by Budget Direct to ‘probe a little deeper’ on his insurance as he’s abducted by UFO

Julie Goodwin to depart Star 104.5 breakfast show

Nine.com.au signs five new columnists including Antonia Kidman and Sami Lukis

Drinkwise and OMA highlight the importance of setting a good example this Christmas in $1m campaign

University of Wollongong prepares to pitch media account 4

ACCC voices concerns over Bauer’s $40m Pacific Magazines buyout 17

Work Safe Victoria seeks creative agency 1

VMLY&R Melbourne announces additions to its creative team with Shane Geffen joining as associate creative director

Anthony De Ceglie promoted at The West Australian Newspapers

Matthew McConaughey comes to Australia to launch Wild Turkey’s sustainable cabin, The Reserve 2

Chris Smith returns to 2GB 13

Ten launches co-branded travel marketplace with Travlr

Heidi Anderson leaves Perth’s Hit 92.9 breakfast team

Music magazine Blunt to relaunch in 2020 under new owners

UK music and pop culture publication NME launches in Australia

ACCC will not oppose Seven’s Prime merger, but deal is blocked by Prime shareholders 4

Pamela Anderson to front Ultra Tune’s 2020 ad campaign 13

DDB’s chief creative officer Ben Welsh and chief strategy officer Carl Ratcliff join MSIX lineup 2

ACM’s Penny Kaleta joins Nine as director of sales for radio 3

Nine reveals full Today and Today Extra line-up as it gears up for launch on 6 January 2

Griffith University pitches creative and PR account

Omnicom Media Group’s Resolution promotes Benton Goodbrand to Melbourne general manager 2

Tasmanian government appoints 28 agencies to $6.5m account 19