Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference
Summary
Adelaide Airport removed ads from conservation groups during the ALP national conference, saying these ads broke political advertising rules. At the same time, ads supporting gas and mining continued to run, prompting questions about fairness.Key Facts
- Conservation groups' ads were removed by Adelaide Airport for allegedly breaking political ad rules.
- Groups affected include the Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance, Bob Brown Foundation, and Adelaide Park Lands Association.
- The removed ads focused on environmental issues like saving rivers, stopping tree removal, and ending native forest logging.
- Ads promoting gas and mining companies, such as Santos and the Minerals Council of Australia, remained on display at the airport.
- The airport cited its guidelines on political advertising to justify removing certain ads.
- Advertising agency JCDecaux said the airport made the final decision about which ads to allow.
- At least one gas ad was later stopped, but it had political authorization from an energy industry leader.
- Conservation groups criticized the decision, calling for their ads to be reinstated.
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