Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference

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 View image in fullscreen 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 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’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast 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. Labor politicians including the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, have been arriving through the airport for this weekend’s ALP national conference . Sky is falling, but no need to be alarmed – News will not be silenced | The Weekly Beast Read more The Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance (MDCA), the Bob Brown Foundation and the Adelaide Park Lands Association said they had ads at Adelaide airport either pulled or blocked. MDCA’s “Save the Murray” ad was appearing on rotation in an airport concourse electronic billboard and was contracted to run from 13 July until 26 July, but by the morning of 22 July the advert had disappeared. Craig Wilkins, co-director of MDCA, said: “It was approved and paid for, and suddenly it was gone. The gas and mining adverts are still running, but ours are not.” View image in fullscreen An ad for Santos seen in Adelaide airport. Photograph: Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance Wilkins said the advertising agency, JCDecaux, had told the alliance that Adelaide airport had considered the ads were “too political”. Pictures from the concourse which MDCA said were taken after its ad was pulled show ads on rotation from Santos, the Minerals Council of Australia and Independent Schools Australia. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email An ad also on rotation featured “Australia runs on natural gas” – a campaign which, on its native website , includes a political authorisation message from Samantha McCulloch, the chief executive of Australian Energy Producers. The Guardian understands that ad has since also been stopped. View image in fullscreen An ad for the ‘Australia runs on natural gas’ campaign seen in Adelaide airport. Photograph: Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance The Adelaide Park Lands Association wanted to run ads promoting its “Stop the Chop” campaign to prevent the removal of trees around the city’s parks. Mat Monti, the president of the association, said a billboard had been booked on the main exit from the airport and was due to be displayed on Tuesday. But the association was told last Friday the ad ha