Since the Australian Commonwealth Games uniform was unveiled, it has attracted a significant amount of controversy.

Here is a picture of (very lovely-looking) Kotuku Ngawati wearing it:

Yeah, look. It’s not the most aesthetically pleasing body covering.

But today, criticism of the uniform reached beyond its objective hideousness. Let’s take a closer look:

Yes, that is a map of Australia sans Tasmania.

Now, Tasmania is a little upset about this. Particularly because this year the state is sending seven athlete to the Games. Senator Jacqui Lambie told News Limited:

She then demanded financial compensation for the design… which seems like a bit much:

This isn’t the first time Australia’s forested nether region has been left out at the Commonwealth Games. The state was left disappointed after a group of performers at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games created a map of Australia, that did not include Tasmania.

But, before we start paying out Tasmania for their – apparently very financially quantifiable – loss, we must ask: have Tasmania really been excluded?

Let’s look at that picture again:

Does Tasmania not appear, or are they simply hiding behind the well-tessellated kangaroos, like WA and SA are in that bottom left corner?

Does Tasmania just need to accept that they are not a particularly easy state to tessellate with?

What do you think?