Aus govt wastes $13k on YouTube vids promoting South Korean businesses

[Mighty AU]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-rOQcQTviI

Australian taxpayers were slugged thousands of dollars for YouTube videos promoting South Korean businesses in what has been described as a "crazy" waste of money.

Key points:
The videos were posted weeks before a Government-wide ban on social influencers
A Labor MP said the videos were pointless and did not promote anything that would help the Australian economy
The two videos have been viewed about 80,000 times

In the latest curious example of the Government's use of social media influencers, the clips highlight cafes in the capital Seoul that serve Australian-style food, along with a surf shop in the country's south.

In one video, a fish burger is passed off as traditional Australian food, while a flat white is sold to customers as a 'Cafe London'.

In the other post, YouTube star HojuSara said she did not know why she was asked to go surfing with the Australian Ambassador, who was also not a surfer.

"First time surfing would you believe," Ambassador James Choi said in the video, while HojuSara said she had surfed "maybe once or twice when I was young".

The successful YouTuber also visited a surf store run by a man who lived in Australia for eight years.

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Read more at https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-22/government-spends-thousands-promoting-south-korean-businesses/10662894