Paul Keating and Kylie Minogue stars in UK tourism campaign

By Charles Miranda in london:

IT has been 15 years since a fresh-faced Prime Minister Paul Keating shocked the British establishment by daring to touch the Queen.

However the man dubbed "the Lizard of Oz" for his 1992 protocol breach could have a chance to do it again, with a controversial push to make him "the face" of Australia in a new tourism campaign in the UK.

The semi-retired 64-year-old Keating could take centre stage with eminent Aussies overseas such as Kylie Minogue, Elle Macpherson, Natalie Imbruglia, Greta Scacchi, Jason Donovan and other unofficial Aussie ambassadors after being short-listed to head a "G'Day UK" campaign...