Australian media outlet apologises after outrage over 'racist' advertisement
A major Australian media outlet apologised on Thursday after a full page advertisement in its daily newspaper was called out as racist for its depiction of the country's Indigenous people. Australians will vote in a referendum later this year on whether they support altering the constitution to include a "Voice to Parliament", an Indigenous committee that can advise parliament on matters affecting its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The advertisement in the Australian Financial Review shows Independent MP Kate Chaney sitting on the knee of her father, Wesfarmers ...