British television viewers waiting to watch the Queen’s annual Christmas message were treated to Australian pop royalty inviting them to turn off the news and play backyard cricket as part of a $15 million tourism campaign.

Dubbed Matesong, the commercial featured Kylie Minogue singing about the ructions in British politics caused by Brexit before telling viewers to “call on your friends in Australia”.

Kylie Minogue and comedian Adam Hills star in Tourism Australia's new $15 million tourism campaign that is designed to attract more British tourists. Credit:Tourism Australia

The song, written by Australian musician Eddie Perfect, also includes lines such as “This year’s been tough and confusing” and “Negotiating tricky trade deals is a shocker”.

The three-minute ad showed Minogue taking in iconic Australian locations: lying on a towel at Wylie’s Baths in Coogee, practising yoga at Byron Bay and getting nuzzled by a quokka on Western Australia’s Rottnest Island.