Some of the biggest-ticket items include a trip to a holiday at a Canadian estate and a trip to a restored lighthouse off the coast of Italy.Īctors will not be invited to visit the Australian land. The bags will contain around £106,000-worth of free trips, products and services. Some 26 celebrities will receive gift bags this year, including Australian actress Cate Blanchett, as well as Colin Farrell, Ke Huy Quan, and Steven Spielberg. "First Nations have a vital role to play in a de-carbonising economy and will continue to discharge their sacred duty to protect Country,” Mr Smith said, adding that it was “outrageous” not to seek consent from traditional owners of the land. Kevin Smith, chief executive of the Queensland South Native Title Service said the “gimmick” gift risked taking advantage of vulnerable people who “bear the scars of past exploitation”. It added that the Oscars scheme did not have permission to use its pictures. ICIN is seeking legal advice regarding this matter.” The handbook for the land mentions the Indigenous Carbon Industry Network, an indigenous-owned conservation group.īut the group told The Telegraph: “The ICIN has not been approached in any way in regards to The Academy Awards. Conservation group 'has not been approached' “We also contribute and partner with Indigenous organisations to promote and the (sic) practice of traditional land management,” says the handbook which will form part of the Academy Awards goodie bag.īut The Telegraph has confirmed no First Nations organisations were partnering with the business. Pieces of Australia acknowledges the Baruŋgam (Barunggam) nation as the traditional custodians and owners of the land in question and uses stock images of Aboriginal people to promote its products. Niels Chaneliere, owner of Pieces of Australia, told The Telegraph: “I want to continue to deepen that relationship because the tone deaf approach is not at all what I am going for.”Ĭelebrities with a goodie bag will be given a “licence” certificate and a “membership” book containing education from “a perspective from the Indigenous Australians” including land management practices, “spiritual connections” and “teachings”. Pieces of Australia, which supplies certificates to the territory, said it was supposed to be a “symbolic” gesture inspired by last year’s Oscars goodie bags that gave plots of Scottish land from highland titles. One group that is referenced in the handbook for the land said they have “no connection whatsoever” to the company selling the packs and would now be seeking legal advice. The Aussie Mate Conservation Packs give the rich and famous a 10 sq ft plot in south-east Queensland to offer them “a perspective from the Indigenous Australians”.īut the scheme appears to have backfired after indigenous groups said they had not been consulted. When Cate Blanchett and Colin Farrel dip into their Oscars goodie bags this Sunday night they will become proud owners of a parcel of Australian land, and with it a “spiritual connection” to the Outback.
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