'It's not a billboard': anger at use of Sydney Opera House for horse racing ads

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Businesses will attempt to advertise their wares anywhere to sell their products 🙄

Definitely a micro-aggression!

It’s similar to the life-sized iPhone banner ad draped on the side of the Louvre, last year & now perfume ads. Why.

There absolutely should be anger. This is a joke right? One of Australia’s most beautiful landmarks as a billboard?

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