The Port Adelaide Football Club has begun an investigation into accusations it has used a stolen design for the team s Indigenous Round guernsey.
On Wednesday, the club unveiled the jumper, which it said was created by a student from the Aboriginal Power Cup, a program run by the club to engage young people in Aboriginal culture.
The winning entry came from a 17-year-old who won the annual art competition last year, but having the design printed on the guernsey was delayed due to COVID-19.
The teenager said she had been working on the design for months and that is was inspired by designs she saw on social media.
Aboriginal community tensions grow following SA parliamentary inquiry proposal
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FebFebruary 2021 at 2:40am
The group of Aboriginal leaders believe the proposed inquiry suggests Aboriginal people … are less capable of managing their own affairs .
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A group of Aboriginal leaders has warned that a parliamentary inquiry into Aboriginal governance in South Australia risks causing great harm to individuals, tearing families apart and damaging communities .
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Prominent Aboriginal leaders, including Jeffrey Newchurch and Keith Thomas, wrote to the Premier this month
But other reform advocates say government intervention in Aboriginal corporations and organisations is necessary
In a letter signed by 12 community elders and sent to South Australian Premier Steven Marshall, the group expresses their opposition to a proposed parliamentary inquiry into the governance of Aboriginal corporations and organisations.