It’s official – Tourism Australia’s Facebook page is the most popular tourism destination page on the planet. The “See Australia” page passed the major milestone of two million fans worldwide following Tourism Australia’s New Year’s Eve social media short film initiative Project:12. The short film featuring Facebook fans of Australia celebrating NYE in Sydney as [...]
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Bob Hawke flattens beer, becomes YouTube hit
January 8, 2012
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It’s well known that former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke likes a beer. And, it seems, Australians love him for it. A video of the 82-year-old former PM flattening a beer in one gulp during the Sydney cricket test has gone viral and become a YouTube hit. So far, the video has been viewed over [...]
Read more Insurers: keep holidays off social media
December 19, 2011
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The insurance industry is urging holidaymakers to keep their travel plans off social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to reduce the risk of burglary over Christmas. Insurance Council of Australia Executive Director and CEO Rob Whelan said protecting personal information is an essential part of reducing the risk of burglary and car theft [...]
Read more Sydney the world’s 7th most social airport
December 14, 2011
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Facebook has ranked Sydney’s Kingsford-Smith airport seventh in a list of the 25 “most social” airports in the world. It is also the highest ranked airport outside the United States, which boasts eight airports in the top 10. To compile the list, Facebook analysed data gathered between August 2010 and November 2011 from Facebook Places [...]
Read more Don’t be fooled by scam, says JB
December 12, 2011
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HOME entertainment retailer JB Hi-Fi has warned customers against a Facebook scam where customers are being offered a $200 voucher. Users were being promised the voucher if they shared a page and added “Thanks” to the comments. But late on Friday afternoon the official JB Hi-Fi Facebook page warned users with “Hey guys, be careful [...]
Read more Combatting domestic violence with social media
November 25, 2011
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To mark White Ribbon Day today, men around the country are being encouraged to join the pledge to never to commit, excuse or remain silent about violence against women, via Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. The pledge can also be made at www.myoath.com.au. White Ribbon Chairman Andrew O’Keefe said he called on all men to swear [...]
Read more FOCUS: Politics and social media
June 16, 2011
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Of all the facets of our society in which social media has had an effect, politics is perhaps the most important. However, the consensus seems to be that this is also the arena where social media is the least understood. Political debate in Australia is increasingly migrating online, while social media continues to become more [...]
Read more FOCUS: Why social media is everyone’s business
June 9, 2011
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There’s no argument that social media is becoming more and more engrained in our lives and culture. Now, a new research report released by the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association and Sensis has confirmed what we already know – Australians are hooked on social media. The AIMIA/Sensis report found that 62 per cent of Australian [...]
Read more Social media wrap-up: Aussies the biggest Facebook users, and more
June 5, 2011
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Here’s a brief wrap of what’s been happening in social media in Australia this week. Following the story on the ABC’s Four Corners last Monday about live cattle exports to Indonesia, Australians turned to Facebook to vent their disapproval. As of today Get Up’s “Ban live exports” site had been shared 32,150 times, whilst the [...]
Read more Social media wrap-up: Dannii Minogue’s love troubles aired over Twitter, and more
May 29, 2011
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Here’s a brief wrap of what’s been happening in social media in Australia this week. Advertising and digital agency George Patterson Y&R came under fire in the News Limited press for the online behaviour of staff members tasked with the Australian Defence Force’s social media review. “Senior staff at the advertising agency promote degrading images of women and [...]
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