18-01-2017 07:39 via theguardian.com

Crowdfunding raises $50,000 for new Australia Day campaign with girls in hijabs

Campaign hits fundraising target in first seven hours, while a separate petition calls to reinstate the Australia Day billboard
Anti-racism campaigners have called for the return of an Australia Day billboard in Melbourne which was taken down after the company allegedly received threats over the inclusion of a photo showing two young Muslim girls.The billboard, which advertised an RACV-sponsored festival in Kings Domain Gardens, included rolling photographs: one showed two young girls wearing hi
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