A new brand collaboration across the ditch has brought together Australia’s Bundaberg Ginger Beer with Kiwi chocolate brand Whittaker’s to craft a new Ginger Caramel Chocolate.

A new campaign aimed at raising awareness of the many Australians suffering from dyslexia has proven an emotional project for Auto & General’s CMO, Jonathan Kerr, based on his own personal experiences.

Australian Radio Network (ARN) is claiming a world-first and significant brand results after partnering with Coles Express on its first dynamic audio advertising campaign across its broadcast radio network.

GetReminded, a new consumer platform for contract, loan, insurance and other renewal reminders, has been steadily adding users while honing the technology and carefully tracking acquisition cost as it gears up /eye its expansion plans.

Australian activewear brand, Lorna Jane, has defended its decision to advertise its ‘LJ Shield’ technology after being fined $40,000 by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for claims relating to the product’s resiliency against viruses and bacteria.

In a bid to help local businesses affected by coronavirus restrictions, a new marketplace for Australian-made and owned products has now launched. Buy Aussie Now, which started as an Instagram page in mid-March as the nation prepared to shut down with the Coronavirus, has developed into a new platform to showcase local businesses.

Keeping up with evolving perceptions around women in media and communications and celebrating their multi-faceted and diverse natures has led Bras N Things to shake up its brand positioning.

MyState Bank’s latest campaign, created during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, turns on the themes of balance and simplifying life, and was produced in an unusual way, with virtual casting sessions, talent from the same family and a strict enforcement of a two-metre distancing rule on set.

As COVID-19 means staying in is the new going out, new streaming platform Binge has partnered with The Iconic to launch a line of unisex luxe-loungewear under the ‘Inactivewear’ banner.

​Seafood Industry Australia, the seafood industry's national peak-body, has found itself with a $4 million federal government grant, which will be used for the sector's first ever whole-of-industry national marketing campaign.

A month-long initiative encouraging content streamers across multiple social platforms to fundraise is just one example of Starlight embracing the virtual realm to keep funds coming in during the crisis.

Refugee and migrant settlement agency, AMES Australia, is sharing livestreamed conversations and inspiring stories to mark Refugee Week in 2020.

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) recently launched its new campaign, ‘Ask a CFP professional’, to address current COVID-19 issues facing Australian consumers and prompt them to seek professional help for their finances.

Celebrating the human and acknowledging changed consumer behaviour been put front and centre in the latest campaign for Anytime Fitness encouraging Australian consumers to get back into the gym.

An experiential campaign created for Procter & Gamble in ecommerce is about bringing the physical shopping experience for relatable goods to the digital realm and a reflection of how consumers are seeking fresh engagement in new channels, the brand’s regional ecommerce chief says.

Uber Australia has partnered with Dettol to provide hygiene kits made up of its products to help ensure drivers who use the Uber app can equip their vehicles with hand sanitisers and disinfectants at no cost.

Coca-Cola is the most effective brand globally, while Unilever is the most effective marketer, according to the Effie 2020 global index rankings, which have just been announced.

Half of Australians (51 per cent) say it's okay for brands to continue advertising during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research conducted by Dynata. And when asked which messages resonate most, almost half (47 per cent) said ads communicating how a brand is contributing to the needs of the crisis were among the most appealing.

Marketers should be willing to test new channels and platforms with highly engaged audiences if they’re to keep up with consumer behaviour and trends, Mini’s head of marketing A/NZ, Alex McLean, says.

‘Long may we play’ might have been TAB’s chosen brand platform well before the COVID-19 crisis hit, but it’s become even more salient as the organisation navigates through the unprecedented pandemic.

Panadol has partnered with mental health and wellness non-profit organisation, Smiling Mind, in a new initiative to help Australians look after their mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.