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Hard Edge launches 2019 Re:act challenge for university students

Stellar wins Ritual and GAP Drinks accounts

AppNexus adds Japan and Asia-Pacific to Sydney manager’s remit

Sportsgirl launches campaign shot entirely on a Samsung Galaxy S10 1

Audience Group boosts search team with new data planner and head of search

Danone reveals Nutricia brand to combine specialised nutrition products

Iris creates Asia-Pacific campaign for Global Rapid Rugby

Hotwire and The Hoffman Agency form exclusive partnership in Asia

Over 500,000 viewers tune in to Budget coverage on ABC

2019 Federal budget delivers little for media and marketing sector but flags further tax clampdown 1

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne promotes Billy Jones to group business director 1

Switch Media makes two Euro appointments including Märta Rydbeck as managing director 1

Jen Speirs departs BMF Australia for Ireland’s ROTHCO

Mindshare wins Red Bull Australia media account 5

The Smith Family appoints The Works as lead creative agency

Bastion China appoints new partner, Jane Lu, amongst list of leadership hires

Optus appoints Vodafone NZ’s Matt Williams to lead marketing after Ben White promotion

Clarity Communications appoints new senior media consultant Peta Rule

UnLtd’s adland surfing comp raises $55k for children at risk

Westpac and Mamamia launch podcast for women going through divorce 6

Ad spend dropped to 10 year low in February, says SMI 3

Tourism Tropical North Queensland appoints Audience Group to boost domestic tourism

Telstra launches new rewards program for customers

Finn Bradshaw leaves Cricket Australia to become Tennis Australia’s head of digital strategy

500,000 viewers tune in to watch Curtly Ambrose get the boot on Dancing With The Stars, but fail to give Ten the edge over ABC 1

Lawyers admonish government’s ‘knee jerk’ social media regulation plans 2

Bakers Delight’s hot cross buns are ‘freshly baked at 3am’ in new campaign 1

GroupM names David Fish as chief client and business partner 1

Tom Ainsworth to lead Clemenger’s EG+ Australian operations

Mumbrella Sports Marketing Awards entries close this week

Us beats Dumbo to top weekend box office with $3.84m in takings

Genero boosts Australian team with creative strategist and client director appointments

Senate report blasts ABC board over Michelle Guthrie dismissal 2

ABC names winners of regional storyteller scholarship

Employment Hero unveils ‘power of us’ rebranding by One Centre

Fuel appoints Mark Button as head of creative services 1

Starcom Brisbane GM Caleb Watson jumps to Initiative Guangzhou 2

Gourmet Garden releases ad with new strategy from creative agency Channel T 3

Belong seeks to show ‘together we’re different’ in new platform and campaign 27

Bonds launches Comfy Livin campaign starring Dustin Martin and Maia Cotton 1

St Kilda penguin goes from rags to riches in Bank of Melbourne ad 4

Six Black Pens wins PEXA creative account

303 MullenLowe appoints Michael Corry as head of digital strategy

Brandcrush’s new activation platform connects brands with consumers in cafes, unis and gyms

Jayco appoints Flourish to PR and social media account

Adland legend Grant Booker dies aged 68 1

Ten’s Sunday Night Takeaway drops to 218,000 viewers 1

True stories from the pitch room, why influencers hate your brand and psychoanalysing marketing at Mumbrella360

DDB hires managing director of Y&R Sasha Firth as managing partner 4

GrowthOps enters exclusive discussions to acquire Entrago 2

BBC Studios ANZ appoints Deb Tod as head of content sales and co-production

Seven breached children’s privacy in Seven News and Sunday Night broadcasts: ACMA

Nine beats Seven to yet another weekly TV ratings win

AFL and news help Seven to Friday night TV ratings win

Australian House & Garden editor-in-chief Lisa Green departs after 14 years

Dove releases Project #ShowUs image library with Getty and Girlgaze 1

Ten picks Gogglebox star Angie Kent as next Bachelorette 7

West Australian Newspapers makes voluntary redundancies, moves to seven day newsroom 1

INVNT appoints Adam Harriden as executive creative director 1

Industry’s approach to mental health is ‘completely broken’, says Edelman MD of global clients

Raj Gupta takes over as UM Australia’s chief strategy officer 1

The Races WA and The Brand Agency show millennials life is better with horses

Part two of How to Sell A Massacre drops 150,000 viewers, still beats NRL

‘Overnight we found the company was gone’: How Bell Pottinger Asia recovered from the London scandal

Gillette’s The Best Men Can Be was unsuccessful because it didn’t match brand values

Red Agency scoops five CommsCon Awards as WE Buchan wins Large PR Agency of the Year again

What content creators actually want from PRs

Australian brand Budgy Smuggler launches Brexit-inspired UK campaign 1

Brands can’t take an ethical position on everything: Ellen Gunning

Alan Jones breached decency requirements by using ‘n-word’ on air: ACMA 4

‘The media didn’t want our ads’: Philip Morris comms boss 22

WE Buchan bosses critique the crisis management of Elon Musk’s tweet and contaminated strawberries

‘We have over-intellectualised advertising’: Poem’s Matt Holmes

Airtasker launches brand repositioning highlighting the diverse skills of its helpers

Carat promotes Danni Wright to national head of strategy 4

WPP wins The Star’s PR account, creates bespoke agency 1

Media Watch host calls for the ABC to burst out of its bubble to ensure its survival 8

MCN appoints Daniella Serhan as partnerships director

Bachelor In Paradise to premiere on 9 April

Nine beats Seven in the news battle as The Project slips below 400,000 viewers

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne makes two hires in the planning department 1

Spinach appoints Mat Beyer as senior digital media specialist

Crikey, Guardian Australia and Mamamia among five Australian Google News Initiative winners

OMD Sydney restructures leadership team, with two MDs appointed 2

Cancer Council WA appoints Bonfire to its digital marketing account

Carpet Court rebrands with in-house campaign 4

Travel Without Limits, Australia’s first disability specific travel magazine, launches 1

Frank wins language app Babbel’s PR account