Helen Karakulak

1 week ago | thenewdaily.com.au | Helen Karakulak

Content creators dubbed “new media” reached mass audiences online in the Gen Z and Millennial voting cohort, which outnumbered Baby Boomers at a federal election for the first time. They kicked off the election campaign cycle by being invited to budget lockup, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese guested on many of their podcasts and overall, there was a sentiment to teach young voters about the preferential system.

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”.

3 weeks ago | thenewdaily.com.au | Helen Karakulak

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton holds Queensland’s most marginal seat in the electorate of Dickson, north-west of Brisbane and the latest polling shows he may struggle to cling onto it. While some political commentators say Dutton is safer in that seat than he was at the 2022 election, when Albanese was at the height of his popularity, could a strong influencer push tip the scales?

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.

Nov 4, 2024 | citymag.indaily.com.au | Helen Karakulak

Australia’s national Live Music Office is partnering with the council for the program, called Live and Local, to consult local musicians, venue owners and operators, creative businesses and audiences to develop long-term solutions to benefit the industry. It follows the council being told that reforms, not handouts, were needed to save Adelaide’s nightlife, at a roundtable the Lord Mayor hosted earlier this year for the live music and night-time entertainment industry.