T-Shirt - 'A Mate is Someone Who Doesn't Want Your Job', 2006

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Summary:: Unisex ash grey cotton t-shirt with the slogan 'A Mate is someone who doesn't want your job, which is why Howard has no mates (apart from being a complete bogan).' It was distributed by the website "Values Australia" which satirizes the debates surrounding the 2006 decision to introduce a new citizenship test and discussions since then around "Australian values".
Description:: Size M ash grey cotton t-shirt. The message appears on the front only. In red capitals: "A Mate", in smaller black type: "is someone who doesn't want your job", then in smaller blue type: which explains why Howard has no mates (apart from being a complete bogan)"

Below this is a coat of arms of the "Ministry of Mateship". An emu appears on the left, with prison bars with hands gripping the inside bars, diagonally crossed with a red sash. A crown appears above the bars, and to the right is a Red kangaroo lying down, all of this is surrounded by Australian flora. To the right of the coat of arms is a black outlined rectangle. The top half is coloured black and the writing in white is: "Another valued insight from", below in red type is: "valuesaustralia.com"

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	766 mm (Height), 943 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	racism, politicians, nationalism
Themes this item is part of:	Clothing & Textiles Collection, Cultural Diversity Collection, Migration Collection
Primary Classification:	POLITICS & PUBLIC PROTEST
Secondary Classification:	Anti-Racism
Tertiary Classification:	promotional materials
Inscriptions:	Printed, front: "A Mate / is someone who doesn't want your job / which explains why Howard has no mates (apart from being a complete bogan) / Ministry of Mateship / Another values insight from / valuesaustralia.com"
Distributor:	valuesaustralia.com, Australia, 2006
Place & Date Used:	Australia, 2006
References:	http://valuesaustralia.com/