Category Archives: Australia

Another Australian Advertising Failure (Its Prime Minister)

Unless you are in the advertising business or in England, the A$180 million advertising campaign, “So Where the Bloody Hell Are You?” probably went unnoticed. It was a creative success and commercial failure, since tourism to Australia fell while the ads ran. Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s latest stunt, criticizing Barack Obama for criticizing the […]

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Australia’s Drought: A Harbinger of Things to Come?

This story hasn’t gotten much coverage in the US, but Australia, which has never had abundant water, has gone through a prolonged drought which appears to be becoming semi-permanent. This is particularly problematic, not simply in terms of quality of living, but also because Australia is a major agricultural exporter (wheat and cattle), and a […]

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