I stumbled on an insightful article by writer Malcolm Farr from 2008 where he reviewed Kevin Rudd’s ‘Australia 2020 Summit’ - that gloriously pointless vanity project which gave Kevin an excuse to tak
In hindsight, the enduring legacy of that summit is that Kevin still really likes to take selfies with celebrities.
As expected, I found some immediately in the form of a clip of NRL star Nathan Cleary asking me to vote Yes to the Voice. Nathan Cleary is the latest in a long line of celebrities lecturing Australians to vote Yes. Picture: GettyImportantly, all the credible American research on the topic was done before the wave of populist revolts against the ‘elites’ in the mid 2010’s.
Obviously, the campaign team forgot to get in touch with John Farnham, Peter Garrett… and Anthony Albanese, who continues to share endorsements from public figures like Nathan Cleary on social media on a weekly basis. Nonetheless, celebrities remain an ever-present feature of the official messaging, despite the lessons from the republic referendum.
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