Total Outdoor Media rolls out Koori Country nameplate initiative
June 29, 2021 10:15
Out-of-home media agency Total Outdoor Media has announced the rollout of the Koori Country Nameplate initiative.
The announcement:
Out Of Home (OOH) advertising company Total Outdoor Media has announced the roll-out of a landmark Koori Country Nameplate initiative, whereby each of TOM’s large-format billboards will name and pay respects to First Nations People and the original Indigenous country in which each billboard sits.
As part of the initiative, which will become a permanent fixture on all TOM inventory from this week, each billboard will carry with it a nameplate depicting the corresponding country name of the traditional owners of the land.
The Chair of Tasmania’s Aboriginal Heritage Council said it’s “unacceptable” for multinational company Boral to plead ignorance after being charged for interfering with Aboriginal stone artefacts at its Bridgewater quarry.
In court on Wednesday, the company pleaded not guilty to all 23 charges of interfering with a relic that were brought under Tasmania s Aboriginal Heritage Act.
Heritage Council chair and palawa Elder Rodney Dillon was scathing of the move.
“For a company like that to plead ignorance, it’d be like me driving my car around at 150 km/h in a 60 zone saying I didn’t know it was 60, he told NITV News.
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Stone eel damage sparks calls for traditional owners to be given better access to cultural heritage on private land
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A pile of basalt rocks from the partially destroyed Kooyang Stone Arrangement at Lake Bolac.
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There are calls for authorised traditional owners to be given greater power to access culturally significant sites on private land in the wake of substantial damage being done to an ancient stone arrangement in western Victoria.
Key points:
A review into Victoria s Aboriginal Heritage Act is underway
There are concerns authorised traditional owners don t have enough power to access sites at risk of harm, or that have been damaged