Aussie salute

https://books.google.com/books?id=9-8EkIhxeK0C&pg=PA46 page 46 Even the stuffy diplomats of Canberra, the nation's federal capital, seem to drop their normal besuited reserve to wave what has laughingly become known as the "Aussie salute". But expressing a jovial liking for their fellow men is not what these antipodeans are doing: they are swatting flies. … https://books.google.com/books?id=9-8EkIhxeK0C&pg=PA47 page 47 Proving that the introduced beetles are affecting bushfly numbers at this early stage is an even more difficult task (the diplomats of Canberra are still waving the Aussie salute).