A spokesman for Gillard said the video, which was uploaded by radio station Triple J on Thursday and has already been viewed more than 232,000 times on YouTube, was simply a spoof.

"It's just bit of fun," he told the reporters. "It's just a bit of humor for the end of the year. Nothing else."

The video comes out in the wake of a phone hoax in which two Australian presenters from another local radio station called the hospital which is treating Prince William's wife Kate and posed as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles to ask questions about her condition.

(Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)

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(Agencies)

日前，澳大利亚总理茱莉亚-吉拉德录制了一段视频，在其中表示：玛雅人的预言是真的，世界末日即将来临！

在这段50秒钟的搞笑视频中，吉拉德告诉了大家一些自己认为即将在本月月末的世界末日发生的令人恐惧的细节。有些人认为古老的玛雅历法预言了世界末日的来临。这段视频是为推广当地一家电台的早间节目录制的。

她在视频中和平时召开记者发布会时一样表情严肃，身边插着数面澳大利亚国旗。吉拉德称呼观众为“我亲爱的澳大利亚幸存同胞们”。

吉拉德坚定地说：“世界末日就要来了。不是千禧危机，也不是碳税，玛雅历法是真实的。”

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