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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has opened the door to changes to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, but one Liberal backbencher says fiddling with the act could alarm minority groups.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, laws, liberals, race-relations, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedOne of the people who complained to police about a Fiji Broadcasting Corporation program which allegedly made racially stereotypical remarks about iTaukei people wants the Corporation's head to step down.
Topics: media, television-broadcasting, race-relations, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull strongly indicates Cabinet will sign off on a joint parliamentary inquiry into freedom of speech and issues relating to the Racial Discrimination Act.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, laws, race-relations, australia
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| UpdatedA radical grassroots resettlement plan transforms an ageing rural community on the NSW-Queensland border, with three African refugee families moving to the area.
Topics: community-development, community-and-society, community-organisations, human-interest, race-relations, refugees, tenterfield-2372, sundown-4860, qld
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| UpdatedKalgoorlie-Boulder's chief executive wants to improve public perception, with fears recent high profile issues within the community have damaged its reputation.
Topics: race-relations, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, community-and-society, kalgoorlie-6430, wa, australia
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| UpdatedA judge throws out a case against three Queensland University of Technology students who were accused of racially vilifying an Indigenous woman in 2013.
Topics: courts-and-trials, discrimination, federal-parliament, race-relations, university-and-further-education, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull indicates he will not stand in the way of an inquiry into freedom of speech, as he faces growing calls from his own backbench for changes to the Racial Discrimination Act.
Topics: race-relations, discrimination, federal-parliament, federal-government, turnbull-malcolm, australia
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Diwali is an appropriate time to consider whether or not Australia is shining. Subtle, indirect or casual racism seeps into Australia in institutions, public places and even in the way we interact with each other.
Topics: hinduism, community-and-multicultural-festivals, race-relations, australia, india
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The recipient of the 2016 Man Booker Prize, Paul Beatty, says the United States is in a heightened state of fear as the presidential election nears an end.
Topics: books-literature, novel, race-relations, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedMan Booker Prize winner Paul Beatty's novel takes a satirical look at race relations in the US and he says his country is in a heightened state of fear nearing the end of the US election.
Topics: novel, race-relations, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedFiji's opposition leader is calling for legal action against the top management of the state-run FBC, over the screening of a TV program in which racially inflammatory statements were allegedly made.
Topics: world-politics, race-relations, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedPaul Beatty says his Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Sellout was about bringing the conversation about American race relations into the present.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, books-literature, race-relations, awards-and-prizes, human-interest, united-states
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| UpdatedCartoonist Bill Leak says it is "absurd" he has been accused of being racist and that he is being investigated by the Human Rights Commission over a cartoon portraying an Aboriginal father and son.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, australia
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A Muslim women's cycling group called the Sydney Cycling Sisters has been training hard and want to show the wider community that fears about their community are unfounded.
Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, people, race-relations, islam, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedTwo years ago in Ferguson, anger boiled over into violent protests after a policeman shot unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Now there's a veiled sense of peace but locals say, deep down, little has changed.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, unrest-conflict-and-war, race-relations, community-and-society, united-states
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| UpdatedLocal residents and police are at loggerheads trying to resolve the conflict in Charlotte, North Carolina, a city which has seen violent protests over police shootings and the deaths of two black men in the past month.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, unrest-conflict-and-war, race-relations, community-and-society, united-states
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A Washington Redskins player lets his footwear do the talking as National Football League athletes continue to make silent social statements during the United States national anthem.
Topics: american-football, police, race-relations, sport, united-states
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| UpdatedSydney Swans star Lance Franklin has labelled boxer Anthony Mundine's call for a boycott of the national anthem at the AFL grand final as "pretty stupid".
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, boxing, race-relations, community-and-society, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedDemonstrators confront riot police during the a second night of mostly peaceful protests in Southern California, sparked by the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man said to be mentally ill.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, race-relations, united-states
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A nine-year-old girl has made an emotional plea to the Charlotte city council in North Carolina to end the fatal police shootings of African Americans.
Topics: race-relations, police, community-and-society, united-states
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| UpdatedTommie Smith and John Carlos, whose 1968 Olympic podium salute became an enduring symbol of the fight for racial equality, are invited by the US Olympic Committee to join them at a gala dinner at the White House.
Topics: sport, olympics-summer, race-relations, world-politics, united-states
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Pakistan-born actor Marc Anwar is sacked "with immediate effect" from Britain's most popular television soap after making insulting remarks about Indians on social media.
Topics: television, arts-and-entertainment, actor, race-relations, territorial-disputes, united-kingdom