Fresh, brave and good at beer: how Aussie ads stack up
What do global advertising honchos really think about Australian ads and why should we care in the first place? Robin Hicks asked around in Cannes to find out. 
A few weeks back, I asked some bigwigs at the Cannes Lions advertising festival what they thought of Australian advertising.
I hoped they’d back up my angle for a feature I was writing for Encore by saying that it had hit a new low.
But due to media training, politeness, ignorance, or because they didn’t agree with me, they did not oblige.
