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Still throwing shrimp on the barbie: why is Tourism Australia’s advertising stuck in 1984?

7 August 2025

Tourism Australia’s new campaign is slick and star-studded, but still stuck in the past. After 40 years of clichés, isn’t it time to tell a new story?

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Armed police have been carrying out a pre-planned police operation in the Rotorua suburb of Owhata this morning
	7 Aug: Armed police have been carrying out a pre-planned police operation in the Rotorua suburb of Owhata this morning... more

Animal Farm at 80: George Orwell’s enduring commitment to socialist revolution
	7 Aug: Animal Farm is a melancholy reflection on the corruption of revolution – and the need to keep looking for a better one.... more

The treaty meant to control nuclear risks is under strain 80 years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
	7 Aug: In the wake of the US attacks, the international community asked itself how it could ensure that such horrors were never repeated.... more

Two people have been taken to Christchurch Hospital - one of them critical - after an incident at a property in Linwood
	7 Aug: Two people have been taken to Christchurch Hospital - one of them critical - after an incident at a property in Linwood... more

Christchurch Police remain at the scene of a property in Linwood - where a man was found with a stab wound
	7 Aug: Christchurch Police remain at the scene of a property in Linwood - where a man was found with a stab wound... more

A Wellington man accused of shooting his neighbour's guest at a fiery Guy Fawkes event - has been found not guilty
	7 Aug: A Wellington man accused of shooting his neighbour's guest at a fiery Guy Fawkes event - has been found not guilty... more

A man's been arrested after a baby was critically injured in Wairarapa last month
	7 Aug: A man's been arrested after a baby was critically injured in Wairarapa last month... more

Police are renewing appeals to find others involved in a fatal bus stop attack in Auckland's Meadowbank - at Easter weekend
	7 Aug: Police are renewing appeals to find others involved in a fatal bus stop attack in Auckland's Meadowbank - at Easter weekend... more

Auckland's Southern Cross Campus school is back to normal - after locking down at home time, when people disrupted students trying to leave
	6 Aug: Auckland's Southern Cross Campus school is back to normal - after locking down at home time, when people disrupted students trying to leave... more

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