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Race Discrimination Commissioner urges unity in wake of Sydney attacks
Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, has urged communities to embrace compassion and reject division, following two stabbing attacks in Sydney this week.
New report lays foundations for Australia’s first National Anti-Racism Framework
Urgent, collective action is needed to combat racism throughout this country. We need to treat racism as a scourge in much the same way we commit to addressing child abuse and family violence.
The violence that killed Cassius Turvey is structural. The solution is Indigenous self-determination
The Guardian Opinion Editorial by June Oscar AO, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission
Attorney-General commits Government to anti-racism strategy in Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture
“Australia’s continued success as a multicultural nation must include an ongoing commitment to addressing racism,” the Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said.
Supporter Update - July 2022
Last week, we launched a new iteration of the Racism. It Stops With Me campaign.
New Campaign Urges Australians to Reflect and Act on Racism
The campaign acknowledges that First Nations peoples and others with lived experience of racism have been leading anti-racism in Australia for centuries, and calls on
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Chin Tan message
The 2022 theme is 'VOICES FOR ACTION AGAINST RACISM'.
Yajilarra nhingi, mindija warrma (from dreams, let's make it reality)
The animation builds on the landmark Wiyi Yani U Thangani Report and project led by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June
Race Discrimination Commissioner welcomes launch of new free-to-air multilingual news channel
Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan has welcomed national broadcaster SBS’s announcement of a new free-to-air multilingual news channel which will launch in early 2022.