Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference
Adelaide Airport has removed advertisements from environmental groups targeting Labor politicians during a national conference, citing political neutrality rules. Conservationists have criticized the decision, noting that advertisements from the gas and mining industries remain active.
Why it matters
The incident raises questions about corporate censorship and the influence of powerful industry lobbies in public spaces during political events.
An artist’s impression of an ad for the Bob Brown Foundation that ran in Adelaide airport, which has now been pulled. Illustration: Bob Brown Foundation An artist’s impression of an ad for the Bob Brown Foundation that ran in Adelaide airport, which has now been pulled. Illustration: Bob Brown Foundation Adelaide Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference Digital billboards from environmental groups, targeting Labor MPs attending national conference, cancelled with airport stating they are ‘too political’
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Prefer the Guardian on Google Conservation groups have questioned why their advertisements targeting Labor politicians were pulled by Adelaide airport for breaking rules on political advertising while others promoting gas and mining kept running.
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