The launch of a new national brand logo depicting wattle will go ahead as planned next month, despite criticism that it looks like a coronavirus. The National Brand Advisory Council gave the OK to the logo, and notes “This small beautiful flower is an optimistic burst of positivity in bright joyous gold. It speaks of warmth, expanding ideas and horizons”. But the “pollen-laden stamens radiating warmth, energy and dynamism”, were unkindly referred to by critics as “cat-sick”, “scattered raisins” or a coronavirus.

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