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Video: The Australia Post logo sits in the bottom right corner. A canvas is covered with an ornate pattern of concentric circles and other shapes made of hundreds of colourful dots. Text: "Filmed on Wurundjeri & Taungurung Country." A man with a dark beard wears a black and red polo shirt that features the Australia Post logo and the colourful Indigenous decal. He points to the signature and date on the back of the canvas. Text: "Richard Brown, Kaurna & Narungga man, Australia Post team member." Smiling, Richard holds up an unfinished painting.

Audio: Richard: So these are all waterholes, the reflection of the rainbow with the water and the sun's gone on it and reflected the rainbow onto the...onto the water. It was painted by me. I signed it in 2015. That's when I did it. I'm Richard Brown, born in Victoria. But my family's from South Australia. My mob are the Kaurna and the Narungga people.

Video: At a work table in his sunny living room, Richard adds borders of white dots to brown lines curving from a large concentric circle. He points to a large framed painting on the wall that features two hand prints among the elaborate dot design of concentric circles and winding shapes. Richard packs a small well-wrapped artwork in an Australia Post satchel.

Audio: Richard: I paint for myself so that I can give to my family as gifts. And I feel connected. Look, I know that if my aunties, uncles and that, the Kaurna people, and they've seen our place names on mail, I reckon you'd have...probably a couple of them would have a few tears in their eyes.

Video: As Richard addresses a satchel, a large address label is also filled out onscreen:

Mr A Sample
Wurundjeri Country
1 Sample Street
MELBOURNE VIC 1234

Audio: Richard: When sending a parcel with the Traditional Place Name, you put the name of the recipient, the Traditional Place Name, then you put the address, then it's ready to go.

Video: Richard smiles at the camera. Holding the parcel, he leaves the house.

Audio: Richard: They've been fighting for a very long time and it's a step forward. It's a recognition towards the mob.

Video: On a red screen, the Australia Post logo appears above the text "auspost.com.au/traditionalplacenames".

Video: The Australia Post logo sits in the bottom right corner. The elegant Ita Buttrose stands casually as she's filmed by three people. She laughs with a man. White text reads, "Find out why Ita Buttrose AO believes in the importance of community." Her office has a view of the ANZAC Bridge. Smiling, Ita moves through an ABC foyer.
Text: "Ita Buttrose AO OBE, ABC chair & 2013 Australian of the Year."

Audio: Ita Buttrose: I think life is full of surprises. It constantly... It constantly takes me by surprise. That's the whole purpose of life, that...that you're always on a journey of discovery and...and you never know where life is going to lead you. I'm Ita Buttrose and I was the 2013 recipient of the Australian of the Year Awards. And I'm currently chair of the ABC.

Video: Ita walks through an ABC building. Split screens show TV studio equipment and Ita talking to a blonde woman on a set. Ita poses with camera equipment in the background. From a balcony, she gazes out at the city.

Audio: Ita Buttrose: I used my year as Australian of the Year to talk about dementia - its impact on Australians, its prevalence, why we needed to do more, why we needed to respect people with dementia, make them feel a valued member of the community. And Australia Post is practising what I so believe in, and that is giving back to the community. And it helps organisations that we're all familiar with, like the Red Cross, like Beyond Blue, like the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, and it's providing that important link, that important connection for communities and with the rest of Australia and, as I said earlier, with the world.

Video: The Australia Post logo appears on a red screen. Below, text reads, "auspost.com.au/InspiringAustralians." "Australia Post is proud to sponsor the Australian of the Year Award.

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In the 30 years of me doing the job I never thought that I'd be in a situation where

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my run would be affected by fire.

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Because I'm part of the community as well and I live here, I just felt as though I should do something

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to try and get mail to people that hadn't even thought about mail and

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handing them a free redirection form saying "fill this out, then I can send your mail to

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go to wherever you want to do"

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It's the least you can do for somebody who's lost everything.