Much-loved Indigenous singer Emma Donovan expressed shock and dismay after being refused service by at least two taxi drivers at Perth Airport on Friday evening.
Ms Donovan, an award-winning Gumbaynggirr and Yamatji musician who has had a stellar 20-year career, had just returned from an album launch in Melbourne.
"Please someone help me," she wrote on social media.
"I have arrived at Perth Airport tonight after an amazing CD Launch last night in Melbourne only to find 2 Drivers refusing me in the front of the line, 1 making a comment that he doesn't like "My Kind"," she wrote on social media.
"I am absolutely fuming writing this in tears and anger. I will be reporting these guys somehow. The whole cab line arguing who would take me, no one wanting to.
"A kind fulla offered me a lift in his Car and took me to Vic Park. I know this wasn't because of a short fare, I know this was Racism at its finest.
"If anyone has information how to report these 2 cars properly please help, DM would be nice. Sorry for the rant, just felt so hopeless & wild."
Ms Donovan posted photos of the number plates of the two drivers, but did not state the company or companies for whom they worked.
Ms Donovan is a highly celebrated, ARIA-nominated, award-winning singer and songwriter.
She has been touring the country for more than 20 years, performing soulful songs, and sharing powerful stories with audiences around the globe.
Ms Donovan first appeared on the stage with her renowned family band The Donovans, performing church song renditions with her mother Agnes, her five uncles and maternal grandparents Micko and Aileen.
She has toured and recorded with the best in the Australian music scene including Paul Kelly, The Teskey Brothers, Paul Grabowsky, Spinifex Gum and the late Uncle Archie Roach and Aunty Ruby Hunter.
Ms Donovan is now best known for her work with Melbourne rhythm combo The Putbacks and the Black Arm Band project. She regularly performs songs in Gumbaynggirr and Noongar traditional languages, and shares stories to provide her audiences with an understanding of Country and community.
More to come.
