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CLIENT: 1000 LIBRARIES
OUTLET: BREAKFAST WITH CHARLIE PICKERING
During the pandemic, Charlie Pickering started following a number of Instagram accounts to escape lockdown and doom-scrolling. One account that he followed is a journey through libraries around the world.
The creator of the @1000libraries account, Vincent Phan, joins Charlie Pickering for ABC’s Friday Breakfast to talk about books!
CLIENT: ENDEAVOUR ENERGY
OUTLET: ABC NEWS
This month, NSW electrical network operator Endeavour Energy announced it had completed the first phase of construction of a self-sufficient energy system, called a microgrid, for Kioloa and Bawley Point.
So, are microgrids the future for regional Australia?
CLIENT: JAHAN KALANTAR
OUTLET: THE MORNING SHOW
DEPP V. HEARD examines the court case between the two Hollywood heavyweights. You may have also spotted a familiar face in the docuseries, a Morning Show regular!
Jahan Kalantar joins the Morning Show live to talk about his appearance in the series, and how social media has forever changed the justice system.
CLIENT: JAHAN KALANTAR
OUTLET: WEEKEND TODAY SHOW, ABC TV NEWS BREAKFAST, NINE.COM.AU, DAILY MAIL, NEWS.COM.AU
Depp v Heard has become Netflix’s number one show across the world over the weekend, making DL COMMS client, Jahan Kalantar, hot property. During the trial, Jahan’s legal insights on TikTok were a rare impartial analysis that brought him to the attention of producers. DL COMMS capitalised on his unexpected appearance in the show to drive home his unique ability to distill complicated legal matters into easy to understand terminology. It’s the reason why his TikTok blew up from 60,000 followers to 300,000 followers during the court trial.
Jahan has since spoken to major outlets including Weekend Today Show, ABC TV News Breakfast, Nine.Com.au, Daily Mail and news.com.au, on top of speaking to radio shows across the country.
CLIENT: HARRY SANDERS
OUTLET: THE LATEST
With fears another bushfire filled summer is on the way, small towns devastated by previous blazes are future proofing their homes. Tonight, residents on the South Coast are being connected to an electricity micro-grid, protecting their power supply.
These ocean-side towns are beautifully raw and sometimes perilously remote. During the 2019 bushfires, communities were cut off from the rest of the country. In their recovery, residents sought to become self-sufficient. With government support, Endeavor Energy is installing batteries and solar systems in one hundred homes.
CLIENT: HARRY SANDERS
OUTLET: THE LATEST
It’s a rags to riches story that doesn’t happen often. Harry Sanders went from living on the streets as a teenager, to a tech multi-millionaire. Tonight he is using his platform to help those less fortunate during National Homelessness Week. Its estimated nearly a quarter of all people experiencing homelessness are aged between 12 and 24 years old – a truly terrifying age to be living in such conditions.
CLIENT: BALLERS CLUBHOUSE
OUTLET: 10 NEWS
Imagine reporting live knee-deep in a ball pit with 70,000 plastic balls flying around you. That’s exactly what Jayde Cotic did during three live weather cross as she showcased all the fun of DL COMMS client, Ballers Clubhouse in Carlton. Watch the action via the link below.
CLIENT: LIVEN
OUTLET: FORBES
Australian hospitality technology group Liven has acquired four tech companies worth a combined $152 million, in a bid to fuel international expansion.
Liven, which was co-founded by siblings Grace and William Wong in 2014, has acquired companies from Australia, Singapore, and the US – creating the Asia Pacific’s largest end-to-end hospitality technology group.
CLIENT: LIVEN
OUTLET: AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Melbourne-based hospitality industry tech start-up, Liven, has gone on an acquisition spree, taking advantage of a lull in tech sector valuations and a post-COVID rush for restaurants to become more digitally savvy, to pull off a string of deals across Australia, Singapore and Silicon Valley.
The buyouts lay down the gauntlet to rivals in a vibrant segment of the local tech scene, which has suffered a recent wobble following an investment boom in the pandemic era.
CLIENT: BURGERTORY
OUTLET: SUNRISE
Hash Tayeh, Burgertory Owner, appeared on Sunrise to speak on proposed workplace laws. When asked what he thinks of these potential changes, he asked 'why are we trying to fix something that's not broken'.
"22% of the workforce has been operated by casual staff members for the last 30 years. So I don't understand why the government is focusing reform on giving people the option from going casual to part-time when they should be bridging the divide between employee and employer," Hash said.
