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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Andrew Stafford

Indigenous singer Emma Donovan alleges entire taxi rank refused to serve her at Perth airport

Indigenous Australian singer and songwriter Emma Donovan.
The Indigenous Australian singer Emma Donovan alleges she was refused service by several taxi drivers at Perth airport. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

The acclaimed Gumbaynggirr-Yamatji soul singer Emma Donovan has alleged she was refused service by multiple taxi drivers at Perth airport, with one driver allegedly telling her that he didn’t serve her “kind of people”.

Donovan, who had flown to Perth after launching her album Til My Song is Done in Melbourne, wrote on Facebook that she was writing “in tears and anger” after all the drivers argued between themselves over which one of them would take her on Friday night.

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