ADSHEL has reinstated QAHC's 'Rip and Roll' campaign ads on bus shelters after a coordinated campaign by the Australian Christian Lobby had them taken down.

Adshel released a statement this afternoon say the company would reinstate the ads after ACL Queensland director Wendy Francis admitted the complaints received were part of a coordinated campaign by the lobby group.



Adshel had earlier removed the safe sex campaign, depicting two gay men embracing, from its media panels after a series of complaints received by them, Brisbane City Council and the Advertising Standards Bureau.

No complainants indicated involvement or a connection to the ACL, "so Adshel was made to believe that they originated from individual members of the public."



Adshel CEO Steve McCarthy said “It has now become clear that Adshel has been the target of a coordinated ACL campaign.

"This has led us to review our decision to remove the campaign and we will therefore reinstate the campaign with immediate effect.”

