Politics, disunity and death
Up The Creek! asks if the demise of Premier Jacinta Allan over corruption allegations means the death of Victoria’s Labor Government, predicts great theatre from an upcoming Royal Commission and questions why famous WAG

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Icon Reputation hosts Up the Creek!, a news show with 12 episodes published.
Up The Creek! asks if the demise of Premier Jacinta Allan over corruption allegations means the death of Victoria’s Labor Government, predicts great theatre from an upcoming Royal Commission and questions why famous WAG
Up the Creek! observes how some of the nation’s biggest consultants are being hit by the karma bus, dissects the Big Australian’s big lies over net zero and documents the dic pic saga shaking Melbourne society.
The 2025 Annual Reputation Eye awards, with the coveted Golden Eye for the organisation that’s managed to emerge from crisis smelling like roses, and the dreaded Brown Eye for the PR fail of the year. Contenders include
Up The Creek! explores the growing industry and reputational impact of AI, how the new media public interest defence will halt defamation payouts and the perils of marketing sponsorships.
Do politicians deserve any right to privacy, how the other internet giants pulled YouTube into a social media ban on children, and the reputational risk of attending a Coldplay concert, all in the latest episode of Up th
In the latest episode of Up the Creek!, Icon Reputation Director Mark Forbes and Benjamin Haslem are in the trenches dissecting the gas lobby's attempts to turn the courts, and public opinion, against the greenies. Meanw
In our new podcast Icon Reputation Director Mark Forbes and Benjamin Haslem to unpack where the Federal election was won and lost, How comedian Austen Tacious’s direct approach to tour PR earns the ire of the ABC, and ho
Crisis experts Mark Forbes and Benjamin Haslem reveal their 2024 Up the Creek! awards, including the coveted Golden Eye for turning a pr sow’s ear into a silk purse and the Brown Eye for fail of the year. Across the PR a
This month Up the Creek! examines current media conflicts including Four Corners targeting Channel Seven and the reputational implications of constant media conflicts over culture, coverage and high-stakes defamation cas
Up The Creek! Analyses Peter Dutton’s pitch to take Australia nuclear and why Labor is responding with 3-eyed fish memes, the circus of Julian Assange’s flight to freedom and the debacle of Joe Biden’s presidential debat
Up The Creek! dissects Gina Reinhart’s enlistment of her sponsored swimmers to demand the removal of an “offensive” portrait from the National Gallery - demonstrating the ‘Streisand effect’ where attempted suppression on
Our verdicts on the remarkable media revelations and reputational carnage from Bruce Lehrmann’s failed defamation action against Channel 10.
We dissect the ongoing controversy over invading Iraq based on false warnings of weapons of mass destruction, resurfaced by the mysterious disappearance of key intelligence assessments. We hear new revelations from Mark
Mark Forbes and Benjamin Haslem dissect crises and recovery attempts, revealing the 2023 Reputation Eye awards, including the infamous Brown Eye for the PR fail of the year.
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