A report from The Age on government advertising to educate the public about climate change …
Government advertising
Crikey Says: Time travel
Business As Usual: Upgrade for Rio Tinto … still gloom about Europe … newspapers chase government bucks …
A big French bank has upgraded Rio Tinto, sovereign risk and all, stress test for banks, big global investors are gloomy about Europe, newspapers chasing dollars from government coffers and other business news.
Rudd’s shit sandwich
Kevin Rudd might have botched the RSPT advertising issue, but he may as well get on with the battle. If you’re going to eat a shit sandwich, then wolf it down and enthusiastically declare that it’s delicious.
Govt’s health reform ad blitz promotes political, not public, interest
The health reform advertisements are not offering any kind of useful advice that usually forms the basis of a good old-fashioned awareness campaign, writes Paul Smith.
Kelly: Rudd goes hard or goes home
Voters are still undecided on the RSPT and Labor is praying that it can convince voters of its merit. Can some savvy government ads save the PM? asks Paul Kelly.
Fair exchange? Trashing Labor’s credibility on ads earns it … 14 days
The government should refer its RSPT campaign to its advertising committee regardless of any “exemption”. Meanwhile, the lies of the anti-RSPT campaign continue.
Rudd advertises his lack of principles — and his panic
The Government’s blatant hypocrisy on advertising won’t hurt it with voters. But it will further damage Kevin Rudd in the eyes of his colleagues.
Mining through Rudd’s broken promises
Daily Media Wrap: Kevin Rudd has performed a neat backflip this week, approving a $38 million advertising blitz in support of the RSPT. Is Rudd a hypocrite on government advertising?
Selling us our own money
Government advertising is very good at ignoring the grey areas, like perhaps the legislation hasn’t actually been passed yet. Didn’t Rudd promise to cut down on this spending? asks Katharine Murphy.
Government ad campaigns to face more scrutiny
Government advertising will now be reviewed independently following a review, hopefully providing more scrutiny than the Auditor-General was ever able to, writes Stephen Bartos.
Government ads: a case of self-promotion because they can
Outrage over government-funded political advertising has been going on for years, yet all governments — state and federal, Labor and Coalition alike — keep doing it, and voters rarely make them pay any price for it.
Government advertising falls from Howard high of $180 mil
The precipitate fall in Government advertising under the Rudd Government has been confirmed by the first of the Government’s reports on advertising expenditure, writes Bernard Keane.
Liberal mates milked millions from Howard’s ad bonanza
In the Commonwealth, you can’t use taxpayers’ money without appropriate authority and you can’t spend it without making sure taxpayers are getting the best value for money, writes Bernard Keane.
Major ad agencies may miss out on Government work
From 31 March, any advertising agency not on the Communications Multi-User List list will not be eligible to pitch for campaigns worth more than $250,000, writes Tim Burrowes.
Mungo: Rudd’s good intentions will only get him so far
Kevin Rudd’s front bench may be inexperienced in government, but on raw talent it looks pretty good, certainly a hell of a lot better than either John Howard’s first ministry of 1996 or his last one of 2007, writes Mungo MacCallum..
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Ten sets the record straight on Warnie text … government ads … FOI … dictators … overexposure for Rudd and Howard … Hicks and Gitmo … Operation Wickenby … Rugby World Cup …
The government advertising avalanche continues
The Howard Government not only invests hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising itself, but devotes considerable resources to controlling every detail of that advertising, writes David MacCormack.
Errington: Living in Howard’s PR State
Those of us waiting for the phony campaign to end have heard plenty of reasons why the PM is procrastinating. One plausible reason appears to be the avalanche of government information campaigns still coming at us, writes Howard biographer Wayne Errington.
