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Times are strange indeed when the grandfatherly figure of NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard lavishes praise on FM radio shockjock Kyle Sandilands and sidekick Jackie O.
But Hazzard declared himself “ecstatic” on Thursday morning when Sandilands’ rap remake of Vanilla Ice’s
Ice Ice Baby, badged as
Get Vaxxed Baby, hit Sydney’s airwaves as part of the star’s self-styled efforts to “save the world” by promoting COVID-19 jabs.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys listen as Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant delivers the COVID numbers.
Credit:Nick Moir
Hazzard suggested the jingle would have a much better chance of cutting through with younger Australians than the pallid “arm yourself” campaign launched two weeks ago by the federal government.