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SINEAD CURRY WAS TOLD SHE DIDN’T LOOK ‘AUSTRALIAN ENOUGH’ TO BE ON TV

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“The sound of Aussie birds, the coffee and the saltwater ocean,” she told 10 daily. “As long as I get to do those things — listen to birds, drink some coffee and get in the ocean — once a week, that’s all I wanted to do coming back here.”

Now 29-years-old, Sinead has been in Vancouver for the last two years, after attempting to crack the Australian market she was rebuffed. Several times she was told she didn’t look ‘Australian enough’ for television.

In an industry that has dragged its feet in representing diverse stories and faces on TV, what on earth is ‘Australian enough’? She didn’t stick around to find out.

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