Article: Bloody hell! Aussies are gagged by a quango of dinkum drongos.(tourism advertising)

Tourism Australia has been banned from using its 'national adjective' in a new ad campaign, but the mealy mouthed decision says more about us than them

Thanks to the timely intervention of a quango - where would we be without them? - television viewers are to be spared the intrusion of a profanity where they would least expect it, namely in a commercial break.

With characteristic innocence Tourism Australia devised a #76m campaign aimed at Britain and a dozen other countries, featuring a series of Australian panoramas, including the Outback, the Great Barrier Reef and the continent's red centre. The TV ad featured a selection of Australian ...

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