At the Australian Recording Industry Association ( ARIA ) 1988 Awards ceremony , Midnight Oil won " Best Cover Art " for '' Diesel and Dust '' . The album cover was designed by photographer Ken Duncan ( b. 1954 , Mildura , VIC ) and visual artist Wart ( also known as Jen Waterhouse ) ( b. 1958 , Geelong , VIC ) . It also won " Best Single " and " Best Song " for " Beds Are Burning " . A fracas developed between Gary Morris , their manager who was accepting awards for Midnight Oil , and former '' Countdown '' compere Ian Meldrum who was presenting : Meldrum objected to Morris making political commentary from the podium
1988 Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 1988
Diesel and Dust