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Jamie Oliver issues apology amid calls for his children's book to be pulled from circulation for 'stereotyping' Indigenous Australians

Jamie Oliver has been forced to apologise for 'stereotyping' Indigenous Australians in his second children's book.

Oliver and publisher Penguin Random House UK have since issued apologies, admitting no consultation with Indigenous Australians took place before publication. It features a subplot of a young First Nations girl who is living in foster care before being stolen by the book's antagonist from her Indigenous community near Alice Springs. The education body has called for the book, a 400-page fantasy novel for primary school-aged children, to be removed from circulation, prompting Oliver to issue an apology statement

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