In less than 24 hours, over $50,000 has been pledged to air a spoof ad which pokes fun at the government’s FuelWatch scheme.
The ad uses the slogan that future petrol prices will be ‘Very ****ing Expensive!’ – suggesting that FuelWatch will merely state the obvious.
The ad, created by the group GetUp!, depicts civil servants at FuelWatch headquarters, wearing high-tech binoculars, reporting on tomorrow’s petrol prices.
“The spoof humorously demonstrates how the government knows exactly where fuel prices are going – through the roof,” GetUp! Campaign Coordinator Ed Coper said.
“If Mr Rudd and Dr Nelson are truly committed to helping average Australians, they should look beyond the bowser wowsers and their short-term petrol populism, towards long-term transport solutions.”
GetUp! is hoping the ad will be aired across the nation in primetime TV slots.
The group says they need $50,000 donated to have the ad aired during Channel Nine’s current affairs program 60 Minutes.
Their website, www.getup.org.au, says that so far $51,344 has been raised.
