"Sexist, disrespectful and offensive messaging has no place at our event."

The organisers at Splendour In The Grass have responded to a campaign calling upon them, and other Aussie festivals, to ban Wicked Campers hire vans at their event.

You've probably seen these garish vehicles around. They're the ones plastered with garish artwork and slogans, which have been labelled "mobile misogyny" by Collective Shout, an activist group that regularly campaigns against the "objectification of women and the sexualisation of girls in media, advertising and popular culture."

They have penned an open letter urging Splendour, Big Pineapple Music Festival, Woodford, and Rainbow Serpent to take a stand against Wicked Campers.

They say the van-hire company has "attracted widespread criticism for its normalising of violence against women" and that its vehicles are "notorious for their sexist and misogynist slogans and imagery, some advocating rape and even murder. [And] its homophobic and racist slogans."

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Splendour In The Grass organisers tell triple j that "sexist, disrespectful, and offensive messaging" will not be welcome at this year's sold out event, featuring sTame Impala, Childish Gambino, Ocean Alley, SZA, and many more.

"If you’re planning your camping for Splendour, please do not book campervans that carry derogatory messaging," the festival writes in a statement. "We don’t want to promote the brand, so we’re not going to mention them by name, but you know the company we’re referring to."

"Splendour is an inclusive community and while we have not banned any specific vehicle hire companies, sexist, disrespectful and offensive messaging has no place at our event. Splendour has made its position clear on this in the past and it is also stated in the ticketing T&Cs: 'The Organiser reserves the right to remove any person in possession of or displaying… any item which is deemed racist, vilifying, sexist and/or offensive'."

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It's not the first time Wicked Campers has faced a backlash. Collective Shout's open letter applauds NSW's Wollombi festival promoter Adrian Buckley for taking the lead in blacklisting the transport company from this year's event, taking place in the Hunter Valley in September.

"Disrespecting and degrading women isn’t funny or libertine, it’s just disgraceful," they wrote in a Facebook post about the ban.

Earlier this year, former Minister for Women Kelly O'Dwyer called on support from state and territory leaders and transport ministers to take a national stance against Wicked Campers and its "disgusting and offensive slogans".

Queensland and Tasmania governments have legislation enabling the power to deregister vehicles which do not comply to advertising standards, "But Wicked Campers has been able to avoid compliance (and enforcement of large fines and penalties) by changing vehicle registration to another jurisdiction, once a complaint has been made," O'Dwyer wrote.

Meanwhile, the Country Women's Association (CWA) recently took matters into its own hands, defacing one of the company's vans. Read more below.