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Advertising Council Australia Advertising Council Australia (formerly The Communications Council) is the peak body for Australia's leading advertising agencies.

The Advertising Council is Australia's peak industry body representing marketing communications agencies to media, business, government and the public.

Lisa Gumbleton, Group Head of Creative Strategy & Client Management at Think HQ, has joined the facilitator line-up for ...
17/04/2026

Lisa Gumbleton, Group Head of Creative Strategy & Client Management at Think HQ, has joined the facilitator line-up for our upcoming Account Leadership course, w/ Tori Lopez (Special) and Edward Hughes (BMF).

With 25+ years’ experience, she'll provide students with practical insights for guiding better work and building brands.

Starts May 21 in Syd, Melb & online. Learn more & register here: https://bit.ly/4crUj8l

, Special Australia, BMF Australia

Win a mentorship with Zac Martin, TBWA\Australia's Strategy Director!If you had 60 minutes with someone who helps shape ...
16/04/2026

Win a mentorship with Zac Martin, TBWA\Australia's Strategy Director!
If you had 60 minutes with someone who helps shape brands, sharpen strategy and turn thinking into work that lands, what would you ask?

We’re giving five people that chance through the AdSchool Mentorship Series.

Find out more & register here - https://bit.ly/4cM15qL.
Entries close April 30.

Advanced Strategic Planning is back. From May 28 (online), led by M&C Saatchi's Simon Wassef - an award-winning strategi...
15/04/2026

Advanced Strategic Planning is back. From May 28 (online), led by M&C Saatchi's Simon Wassef - an award-winning strategist behind some of the region’s most effective work.

If you're a senior planner, strategist, marketer or account leader who has been relying on instinct and wants more rigour in your thinking (and the confidence to back it), this 8-week course is for you.

Get in before it fills up - https://bit.ly/4tQ83Rs

, M+C Saatchi Group AUNZ

Great work doesn’t happen in silos. The strongest Effie entries show how creative sparks the idea, media builds the engi...
31/03/2026

Great work doesn’t happen in silos. The strongest Effie entries show how creative sparks the idea, media builds the engine, data sharpens the edge, and clients back the ambition - driving real business results.

Enter as a joint submission, write the paper together and show how strategy, creative and media combined to deliver a measurable impact. Because when the work works, everyone gets recognised.

Enter the 2026 Effie Awards here: https://bit.ly/4jVKOAA
On-time entries close May 4.

31/03/2026

Less than three weeks remain.
The final deadline for the 47th AWARD Awards is fast approaching.
Answer the call - https://bit.ly/4m4HSUn

The 2026 Young Lions Australia winners have been announced.After a live judging final in Sydney, five teams will now go ...
30/03/2026

The 2026 Young Lions Australia winners have been announced.

After a live judging final in Sydney, five teams will now go on to represent Australia at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in June.

From hundreds of entries, these ideas rose to the top. Check out the full list of winners here: https://bit.ly/4lVrLs1

Next stop: Cannes.

20/03/2026

Entering the Effie Awards forces a level of rigour most teams don’t apply day to day - stepping back to interrogate whether the work truly drove results. That’s what changes how you think. And how you work.

On-time entries close 4 May. Download the entry kit and check out all the categories here: https://bit.ly/4jVKOAA

Thanks Anna Bollinger and BMF Australia (2025 Effective Agency of The Year).

No matter how full your trophy cabinet is, there’s always room for something this sweet.Join us next Tuesday 24 March fo...
20/03/2026

No matter how full your trophy cabinet is, there’s always room for something this sweet.

Join us next Tuesday 24 March for a rare look inside how winning Effie Award entries are built, from the people who judge them and the teams who’ve written them.

Hear from:

• Colin Wilson-Brown: Effie Chair of Judging
• Martin Rippon: Effie Vice Chair of Judging
• Lindsay Davies: Senior Manager – Effie, Advertising Council Australia
• Aaron Boekestein: Director, Ads Partnerships, Google ANZ
• Jody Elston: Chief Strategy Officer, 303
• Anna Jackson: Head of Brand, Westpac
• Kit Lansdell: Head of Effectiveness, Droga5 ANZ
• George Robertson: Global Agency Lead, Ideally

Webinar: Tuesday 24 March | 12:00–12:45pm AEDT | Free
Learn more & register: https://bit.ly/4bmR1Ea




16/03/2026

In the wild and in advertising, second chances are rare.
This time, however, a final window has opened.
The deadline for the 47th AWARD Awards has been extended to 17 April.

Download the entry kit here: https://bit.ly/3MVxNfp

11/03/2026

Winning an Effie changes how the whole organisation sees marketing.

That was certainly the case at Suncorp.

Here’s what the recognition meant to Mim Haysom & the team behind last year’s Grand Effie-winning work.

On-time entries for 2026 close 4 May — if your campaign delivered real results, 𝐧𝐨𝐰'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭: https://bit.ly/40PatD7

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