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Peter Greste issues a strong and passionate defence of Australia's sense of freedom as part of Australia Day celebrations.
Topics: australia-day, regional, discrimination, oberon-2787
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| UpdatedQueensland Police appeal against the Federal Court's ruling in a discrimination case over a death in custody on Palm Island that awarded $200,000 to Lex Wotton and his family.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, discrimination, race-relations, palm-island-4815, townsville-4810, qld, australia
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| UpdatedWA Premier Colin Barnett rules out any attempt to ban Muslims from wearing burkas, but says he would prefer "that type of clothing" was not worn in Australia.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, islam, discrimination, law-crime-and-justice, wa
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| UpdatedThe female winner of a major Tasmanian foot race has taken home less than a third of the prize money of the male winner, with race organisers admitting the discrepancy is "not a good look".
Topics: discrimination, sport, burnie-7320
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North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature rejects a bid to repeal a state law restricting bathroom access for transgender people.
Topics: discrimination, gays-and-lesbians, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedVictoria Police scraps its stop-and-search receipting program but the controversial idea of race data collection remains on the table as the force mulls over whether it would provide transparency or create more harm.
Topics: police, crime, discrimination, community-and-society, race-relations, population-and-demographics, melbourne-3000, vic
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The Federal Government defends its decision to fund the Northern Territory and South Australian chapters of a specialist women's legal service but not its sister service in Queensland.
Topics: women, work, law-crime-and-justice, discrimination, nt, sa, qld, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedTen thousand disabled workers who were underpaid at government-funded workshops across the country are able to claim compensation from the Commonwealth, following a Federal Court ruling.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, discrimination, disabilities, federal-government, melbourne-3000, canberra-2600, australia
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In this episode: Juggling career and children in the world of science, the Melbourne makeathon that’s making a difference, a new future for a collection of antiquities and Lismore’s Bell-ringer. #AustraliaWide.
Topics: careers, research, discrimination, feminism, disabilities, australia
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| UpdatedE R Braithwaite, the Guyanese author whose years teaching in London's slums inspired the international best-seller and popular Sidney Poitier movie To Sir, With Love, dies in the US aged 104.
Topics: author, books-literature, discrimination, death, human-interest, united-states, united-kingdom, guyana
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A humble floristry course in western Sydney is helping migrant and refugee women overcome language barriers and flourish in their local community.
Topics: discrimination, refugees, multiculturalism, women, work, people, cabramatta-2166
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| UpdatedSexual harassment, ranging from unwanted sexual comments to attempted and actual rape, is widespread in the "boys' club" culture within the South Australian Police Force, a report reveals.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, discrimination, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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Indigenous Australians angered by police handling of Elijah Doughty's death plan legal action following a landmark federal court compensation decision for Palm Islanders.
Topics: indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, discrimination, kalgoorlie-6430, wa, palm-island-4815, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Premier says she stands by the police service, despite not yet reading a Federal Court judgment that police were unlawfully discriminatory in responding to a 2004 death in custody on Palm Island.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, courts-and-trials, discrimination, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, palm-island-4815
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| Updated"This is a little bit of a wake-up call for us, isn't it?" says Mission Australia's chief, with a third of young people experiencing race-based discrimination according to the charity's survey.
Topics: discrimination, community-and-society, human, australia, nsw
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| UpdatedAn Indigenous activist wins part of his racial discrimination suit against the Queensland Government and Police Commissioner over their handling of the 2004 riots on Palm Island, with a court finding police acted with "impunity".
Topics: indigenous-policy, state-parliament, courts-and-trials, discrimination, townsville-4810, palm-island-4815
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'Nothing about us, without us' is the catch phrase for a website designed for people with disabilities to connect and share their experiences.
Topics: disabilities, social-media, discrimination, human-interest, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedNeuroscientists insist women's brains should be studied separately to men's, while a gold-plated sex toy is topping Christmas wishlists, Jo Fox writes.
Topics: discrimination, men, women, neuroscience, psychology, offbeat
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| UpdatedSouth Australian Premier Jay Weatherill apologises in State Parliament to members of the LGBTIQ community who have been discriminated against because of legislation, citing the case of a British man who died in the state but his marriage was not recognised.
Topics: parliament, government-and-politics, state-parliament, discrimination, community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, laws, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSouth Australian Premier Jay Weatherill is set to issue a formal apology to the state's LGBTIQ community in the State Parliament today, but some community members say this needs to be followed by changes to discriminatory laws.
Topics: parliament, gays-and-lesbians, government-and-politics, discrimination, state-parliament, community-and-society, states-and-territories, laws, rights, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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Former Labor candidate for the federal seat of Fremantle Chris Brown takes his case to the Equal Opportunity Commission.
Topics: federal-elections, government-and-politics, alp, discrimination, fremantle-6160
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Australia's first Muslim woman elected to Federal Parliament has spoken out about the racial abuse she receives.
National MP Andrew Broad then told Anne Aly about his own plight... of getting wedgies at school.
Topics: government-and-politics, religion-and-beliefs, discrimination, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian Christian Lobby welcomes a Tasmanian move to ban Wicked Campers vans marked with slogans, saying they "contribute to domestic violence".
Topics: tourism, states-and-territories, human-interest, discrimination, community-and-society, tas
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Using the same network analysis used to identify criminal organisations, new research examines how men work in the film industry.
Topics: film-movies, film, women, discrimination, australia
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| UpdatedNorthern Territory's anti-discrimination commissioner says laws might need to be strengthened, following concerns about employers telling workers that their domestic violence issues are "a private matter".
Topics: domestic-violence, women, womens-health, discrimination, laws, darwin-0800