Discrimination, Racism Concerns Dominate Submissions in Australia’s Multicultural Review Report

Published on July 25, 2024

The Australian government’s new report, “Towards Fairness: A Multicultural Australia for All,” revealed that discrimination and racism ranked second in concerns raised by 796 organisations and bodies, just behind inclusion and belonging. Published on July 24, the report calls for active measures to combat racism, highlighting persistent challenges faced by communities such as African Australians and Indian Australians. The Chinese Community Council emphasised the need for a stronger sense of belonging. Over 60 themes were identified in the submissions to the panel, of which the top 10 were inclusion and belonging, discrimination and racism, language services, education, visas, grants or funding, policy, employment and workers’ rights, access and equity, and recognition of cultural activities and events....

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