Luke Gosling (Solomon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

You may have seen an ad on the internet recently called 'Dundee—The Son of a Legend Returns Home'. Many members would remember the Crocodile Dundee movies. They were great for tourism in the Top End. The 'Dundee—The Son of a Legend Returns Home' advertisement was put up by Tourism Australia. It was a campaign aimed fairly and squarely at the US market and aired during the Super Bowl recently. It had in it famous Territorians like Chris Hemsworth—I think a fine specimen of Territory manhood—Jess Mauboy, Robbie Collins—a champion Territorian—and Miranda Tapsell, who some members may be familiar with. The NT News has started a petition, and we're all jumping on board—because we love the ad but we want a film. We want to bring back Dundee.

Tourism is so important to our Top End economy. It supports around 17,000 jobs, both directly and indirectly. I want to congratulate the Northern Territory government, who yesterday announced a stimulus package for the tourism sector of $103 million, looking at marketing the Top End to the world. I also want to acknowledge the organisers of an event I'm involved with, called Top End Ideas Fest, and welcome entrepreneurs and tourism people to get on board.

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