You may have noticed some big yellow posters out and about with the ambiguous hashtag #ideasboom. In case you weren’t aware, this ‘ideas boom’ is the work of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Innovation Minister Christopher “Fixer” Pine to encourage innovative culture in Australian business. As the very funny people at BuzzFeed have pointed put, the government has doled out a cool $28 million dollars to roll out their innovative campaign.
Speaking to Fairfax Mr Pine said “It will be designed to help change the culture around innovation and science in our businesses, engage young people to help inspire the entrepreneurs of the future and any provide the key information to any Australian wanting to take a risk on a new business venture.”
As the people proved with the #YourTaxis debacle last year, hijacking a hashtag is very easy and appropriately hilarious. Some Twitter users just poked fun at the hashtag, while others took it as an opportunity to hold the federal government accountable for their shortcomings.
#ideasboom sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads
— Miss Chanandler Bong (@b0rnwithabeard) March 7, 2016
Mardi Gras but for homophobes #ideasboom
— Wyn (@WynRichards) March 7, 2016
more seinfeld themed small bars #ideasboom
— Patrick Lenton (@PatrickLenton) March 7, 2016
#ideasboom sniffer dogs… but for innovation
— product lad (@dannolan) March 7, 2016
Genetically engineered super babies #Ideasboom
— Jarrod Booth (@jarrodbooth) March 7, 2016
#ideasboom all crimes are legal and cool
— janky benus (@pissbeast) March 7, 2016
a plebiscite to see if we’re ok with old straight men marrying really young straight women #ideasboom
— Patrick Lenton (@PatrickLenton) March 7, 2016
#ideasboom dogs with bees in their mouth so when they bark they shoot bees at you
— Lucy Valentine (@LucyXIV) March 7, 2016
Pedestrian friendly cities #ideasboom
— Marghanita da Cruz (@callicoma) March 7, 2016
A golf course with life-size mechanical dinosaurs #ideasboom
— The Shovel (@The_Shovel_) March 7, 2016
demolish wolli creek station #IdeasBoom
— paul rudd in clueles (@kennykravitz69) March 7, 2016
Flat tax #ideasboom
— ❤️ 그렝이론 (@glengyron) March 7, 2016
Marriage Equality #IdeasBoom
— Would log off but (@AUSFestivus) March 7, 2016
#ideasboom pic.twitter.com/5jlhxslIzP
— fine roam ants (@TheWrongNoel) March 7, 2016
Pizza in a cup #ideasboom
— Wyn (@WynRichards) March 7, 2016
#ideasboom car windscreens made to match your glasses prescription – so you can drive without glasses.
— Trevor Hickman (@TrevorHickman) March 7, 2016
Uber, but for kangaroo pouch riding (I’m not an Australian) #ideasboom
— Christopher Drum (@christopherdrum) March 7, 2016
Use Vegemite as sunscreen. Aussie as fuck and at least SP500 #ideasboom
— Grumplestiltskin (@2FBS) March 7, 2016
When taking a dickpic use the panorama function while moving your erect penis up & down so it will look longer #ideasboom
— Grumplestiltskin (@2FBS) March 7, 2016
Teabags with the sugar already inside them #Ideasboom
— Rob Stott (@Rob_Stott) March 7, 2016
First seen on BuzzFeed.
