Responding to racism
Find the latest news on the campaign, and other anti-racism initiatives in Australia
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Race Discrimination Commissioner urges unity in wake of Sydney attacks
17 April 2024 -
Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, has urged communities to embrace compassion and reject division, following two stabbing attacks in Sydney this week.
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17 November 2021
New guidelines to address spectator racism in sport
Major professional sports organisations including the AFL, Cricket Australia, NRL, Tennis Australia, and some of the nation’s largest stadiums have already endorsed the guidelines
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02 November 2021
Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture 2021 - Embracing Cultural Diversity in Australia
The theme of the lecture was Embracing Cultural Diversity in Australia, and a panel discussion followed the lecture with panellists Kupakwashe Matangira, Zaahir Edries and Jidah Clark.
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19 July 2021
Sharing the Stories of Australian Muslims
The figures were included in a report published today by the Australian Human Rights Commission, Sharing the Stories of Australian Muslims.
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16 March 2021
National Anti-Racism Framework plan launched
Commissioner Tan released a concept paper detailing key components that need to be included in the Framework and will soon commence a series of roundtables with peak anti-racism organisations to progress the plan.
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16 March 2021
Australia needs a National Anti-Racism Framework
Hello everyone, wherever you are in Australia. I join you from the lands of the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation.
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25 January 2021
Can January 26 ever be the day that all Australians unite and rejoice in our sense of collective belonging?
In the months, weeks, days leading up to this January 26, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to belong to a place, a country and to the culture of a nation.
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10 December 2020
We have failed to recognise the contributions of First Nations women and girls
They are set-out and responded to in the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices): Securing our Rights, Securing our Future 2020 Report.
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10 December 2020
Landmark report - First Nations women and girls
Wiyi Yani U Thangani—(Women’s Voices)—Securing Our Rights, Securing Our Future Report 2020 is a comprehensive, whole-of-life document and the result of over a hundred engagements with thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls of all ages in remote, very remote, regional and urban communities.