Australian divorce enquires have spiked in the last two months. This is why we shouldn't be surprised.

CLIENT: THE SEPARATION GUIDE

OUTLET: 9NEWS.COM.AU

Australian divorce rates seem to be spiking as the first month of 2025 comes to an end. There has been a 40 per cent spike in separating couples looking for divorce advice online over December 2024 and January 2025 compared to the same period last year. December 29 alone saw an 88 per cent increase in onboarding enquiries compared to the daily average for December, and January has already recorded a 39 per cent increase on the month's daily average.

DL COMMS client, The Separation Guide, spoke to Nine's Maddison Leach about the reason behind the organisation's startling statistics. Click the link to find out more.

Tradies-turned-businessmen launch world-first skincare product for men on the tools

CLIENT: FRASÉ SKIN

OUTLET: SUNRISE

Two Gold Coast tradies are taking skin cancer awareness into their own hands, launching a world-first skincare line for men on the tools to protect their mates from the sun. 

DL COMMS clients Beau and Zac London — the tradies-turned-businessmen behind Frasé Skin — spoke with Monique Wright and Mark Beretta on Channel 7’s Weekend Sunrise about their new product...live from a Gold Coast construction site. Click the link to watch. 

World-first app puts parents back in charge as social media giants refuse to take responsibility

CLIENT: SCREENCOACH

OUTLET: WEEKEND TODAY

It’s one of the most talked about topics in Australia - and the world - right now: keeping kids safe online. But with governments dragging their feet on reforms and social media giants seemingly refusing to take any responsibility, parents are growing more frustrated by the day. Now, a world - first app is putting the power back in the hands of families.

Clint Stanaway and Sophie Walsh from Weekend Today spoke with DL COMMS clients Steph and Peter Kakris about how their child’s screen-time addiction led to the development of a world-first innovation. Click the link to read more. 

Pronto Pilates secures $1.64m in crowdfunding amid global ambitions for 1,000 ‘teacher-less’ studios

CLIENT: PRONTO PILATES

OUTLET: BUSINESS NEWS AUSTRALIA

Pronto Pilates, a Perth-based company that operates a virtual trainer network of Reformer Pilates studios nationally, has raised $1.64 million through an equity crowdfunding campaign that is among the largest undertaken in Australia this year. The crowdfund, via the OnMarket platform, attracted 488 new investors who have backed the business model of “teacher-less” Reformer Pilates classes that are run in-studio via qualified instructors on screen.

 Co-founder Steve Anson spoke with Justin Fris from Business News Australia about Pronto’s incredibly successful equity raise and how it will accelerate the business’ future growth. Click the link to read more. 

Campaign to regulate food advertising as parents lose fight against junk food

CLIENT: MANDY SACHER

OUTLET: THE PROJECT

It can feel like an uphill battle – parents trying to convince their kids to eat healthily – as fast food restaurants and confectionary companies use every trick in the book to sell their products. Now there's a push to even the playing field.

DL COMMS talent and leading paediatric nutritionist Mandy Sacher made a guest appearance on The Project to weigh in on the debate against manufacturers marketing their unhealthy food products towards children. Click the link to watch the full segment.

Music industry brass throw weight behind talent booking platform

CLIENT: acta®

OUTLET: AFR

An online platform that fashions itself as the future marketplace and booking platform for top Aussie talent has drawn backing from a raft of entertainment industry bigwigs as it rounds the final week of its crowd fundraising round. Joining acta’s cap table are music industry veteran and former head of A&R Warner Music Michael Parisi who has managed names like Tina Arena and Xavier Rudd; The Veronicas manager Alex Smith and Casey Donovan manager Karen Lee Goody.

DL COMMS client acta was featured in AFR as more industry giants champion the platform with $1.5 million in backing. Click the link to find out more.

'My first time at teacher-less pilates: There is a soothing quality to the digital instructor’s voice, like an early childhood educator or a cult leader’

CLIENT: PRONTO PILATES

OUTLET: THE GUARDIAN

With 15 branches across Australia and plans to open 1000 studios by 2028, Pronto Pilates is taking over the country. Pronto prides itself on being teacher-less: instead of following a human instructor, members swipe in for a 45-minute virtual session featuring pre-recorded demonstrations by a digital teacher.

DL COMMS client Pronto Pilates featured in The Guardian after culture producer Michael Sun attended one of its three Sydney branches, where the on-trend exercise is offered at a fraction of the usual cost. Click the link to read more about Michael’s experience.

How a world-first AI program will help patrol Aussie beaches this summer

CLIENT: RESQVISION

OUTLET: 9 NEWS

After witnessing a swimmer nearly drown, a group of friends have created a world-first AI lifesaver, ready to patrol Aussie beaches this summer. ResQvision is the brainchild of surf lifesaver Alex Piatek and his mates Bryan Pakulski and Julian Kovacek. The AI platform works by pointing a camera connected to the internet at the ocean which can detect any rip currents, swimmers in distress, and large marine life. It can differentiate between a swimmer who is OK and one who needs urgent help, and alert off-duty rescuers in an emergency.

Volunteer lifesaver and ResQVision co-founder Alex Piatek spoke to Channel 9's James Wilson about the groundbreaking new technology which is ready for rollout across Australia this summer. Click the link to find out more.

Richmond disability service receive crucial funding from Endeavour Energy to continue operation

CLIENT: ENDEAVOUR ENERGY

OUTLET: 7 NEWS

A flooded field nearly put an end to a long-standing charity in Western Sydney. However, Richmond's Riding for the Disabled Association has been rescued thanks to substantial funding from Endeavour Energy.

Endeavour Energy's Community Partnerships and Brand Manager Rebecca Hill spoke to Channel 7's Grace Fitzgibbon about the Powering Communities grants program. Click the link to find out more.

Fitness made affordable: $5 reformer Pilates classes disrupt industry amid cost-of-living crisis

CLIENT: PRONTO PILATES

OUTLET: 7 NEWS

Australians struggling with the cost-of-living crisis can now access an exercise typically considered expensive and elite for a mere $5 per class. Pronto Pilates studios are opening across Australia, offering completely automated, ‘teacher-less’ reformer Pilates classes all day, every day, for a fraction of the traditional cost.

DL COMMS client and Pronto Pilates co-founder Emma Shelton spoke to Channel 7's Amber Laidler about the innovative fitness approach. Click the link to find out more.