Aboriginal adoption controversy On 13 March 2018, Armytage hosted a segment on Sunrise focusing on Aboriginal adoption, during which she incorrectly stated that Aboriginal children could not be fostered by white people and stated that "Post-Stolen Generation, there's been a huge move to leave Aboriginal children where they are, even if they're being neglected in their own families"; in addition, guest Prue MacSween said that most of the Stolen Generation were taken for their own well-being and suggested "we need to do it again, perhaps". The segment was widely criticised for these remarks, as well as for only including white people on the discussion panel and for not seeking any input from any Aboriginal people or experts on the subject. Consequently, protests were held outside the Sunrise studio in Martin Place in response to the segment on 15 March, which lead to further outrage when the programme chose to obscure the protest from viewers watching the live broadcast, citing a possible breach in broadcast standards. In response to the controversy, the following week Koch presented a discussion on the issue with a panel of Indigenous experts. Despite this, protests continued during the show's live broadcasts at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in April, while in May rock band Portugal. The Man pulled out of an appearance on the show citing the recent statements aired on Sunrise. The segment later came under the investigation of the Australian Communications and Media Authority for potential breach of the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice; in September 2018 the ACMA concluded that the segment was in breach of the code, as it contained inaccurate statements and "strong negative generalisations about Indigenous people as a group". The segment also used file footage of members of the Yirrkala community, who sued Seven for defamation, breach of privacy and confidence, racial discrimination and breach of Australian consumer law in April 2019. The footage was originally filmed for a health promotion in Yirrkala, but was reused with only slight blurring for the segment. In December 2019 Seven settled the matter out of court, and offered an unreserved apology to the community which was also broadcast on the program the following month. In June 2020, Armytage and MacSween were sued for racial vilification over the segment. Seven aired a general apology for airing the segment on the program on 4 January 2021. A number of commentators