A picture of two girls wearing hijabs was taken at a 2016 Australia Day event in Docklands. The photograph was used in a 2017 Australia Day billboard which included rolling images of people from different backgrounds. The billboard was removed after threats. Photograph: GAZi Photography/www.australiaday.vic.gov.au |
Oscar Wilde wrote: “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Celebrate diversity
And don't let racists win.
Crowdfunding raises $50,000 for new Australia Day campaign with girls in hijabs. Read the story in the Guardian Online.
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