David Simmons

2 weeks ago | thenewdaily.com.au | David Simmons |Helen Karakulak

From 12am on Thursday until 6pm on election night, a political advertising blackout applies to TV and radio. If somehow your social media channels haven’t been flooded with political campaigning and you’ve been reading this column with bewilderment, then the next three days could change that. As Hannah Ferguson put it in an Instagram Reel posted to Cheek Media, for the next three days the influencers “have clear air to distribute the message we want to share”.

1 month ago | thenewdaily.com.au | David Simmons |Helen Karakulak

Following the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) determining that Abbie Chatfield’s podcast interviews with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Greens leader Adam Bandt did not require an authorisation, it released additional guidance for influencers, podcasters and content creators. It specified that communication need an authorisation only if it’s paid advertising, gifts-in-kind are used or the material is communicated on behalf of a political entity.

Sep 25, 2024 | thenewdaily.com.au | David Simmons |Isabella Kelly

Hundreds of workers have been stood down from three Adelaide tomato producers – including Australia’s largest – amid alarm at a damaging agricultural virus outbreak. South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas and Primary Industries Minister Clare Scriven said Perfection Fresh had been closed as a quarantine response to the outbreak that emerged a month ago. It is understood Perfection Fresh had almost 500 workers.

Oct 6, 2023 | thenewdaily.com.au | David Simmons

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