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Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory are not in agreement on whether section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act should be changed, a federal inquiry hears.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, darwin-0800, nt
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A multi-million-dollar campaign to counter racist attacks, abuse and discrimination is launched by the Victorian Government in response to the perceived rise of extreme-right groups.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedConservative senator Cory Bernardi attends the event "Defending Freedom of Speech", organised by anti-Islam group the Q Society.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, government-and-politics, liberals, political-parties, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedBeverley O'Connor speaks to Bre Payton of conservative US news website, The Federalist, about Jeff Sessions' confirmation as Attorney General.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, race-relations, united-states
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Maxine Beneba Clarke is an author and poet who's been targeted all her life over the colour of her skin. Her award-winning work is inspired both by personal experience, and the desire to start difficult conversations about race.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, books-literature, autobiography, novel, poetry, performance-art, discrimination, family-and-children, parenting, immigration, multiculturalism, race-relations, education, education, australia, nsw, kellyville-2155, melbourne-3000, guyana, jamaica
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An increasing number of people think Australia is a racist country and there has been a rise in Indigenous people reporting prejudice, according to the latest Reconciliation Barometer.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, race-relations, australia
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| UpdatedThe turbulent national debate over race, gender and free speech in the US is brought back into the headlines once again after the Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney-General, Jeff Sessions.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, race-relations, women, community-and-society, united-states
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| UpdatedReconciliation Australia CEO Justin Mohamed says the latest Reconciliation Barometer survey shows many Australians think this is a racist country.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, race-relations, australia
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| UpdatedPoliticians should accept "reasonable societal norms" and ban the burka, according to NSW MP Jonathan O'Dea, the Member for North Shore.
Topics: race-relations, state-parliament, islam, social-policy, government-and-politics, community-and-society, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedCommuters in New York City, horrified by swastikas and racist messages scrawled across a subway carriage, join forces to scrub away the offensive graffiti using tissues and hand sanitiser.
Topics: community-and-society, race-relations, vandalism, crime, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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Australia cannot afford to be complacent in a growing climate of xenophobia around the world, according to the Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane.
Topics: race-relations, multiculturalism, laws, australia, sa, adelaide-5000
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A meeting of the New South Wales Young Liberals Party in Sydney has been disrupted by two men dressed in Ku Klux Klan-style hoods.
Topics: liberals, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, discrimination, race-relations, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA meeting of the New South Wales Young Liberals Party in Sydney is disrupted by two men dressed in Ku Klux Klan-style hoods.
Topics: liberals, political-parties, race-relations, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government is perpetuating racism and injustice in backing a court challenge against a landmark Palm Island discrimination case, Indigenous health campaigner Professor Gracelyn Smallwood says.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, discrimination, community-and-society, race-relations, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, palm-island-4815, townsville-4810, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedYoung migrants in Tasmania are being subjected to egg throwing and abusive comments such as "go back to where you came from", outgoing Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks says.
Topics: race-relations, discrimination, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, tas
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| UpdatedToday marks Australia Day and Indian Republic Day, and both have much work to do before equality is achieved.
Topics: australia-day, women, race-relations, australia, india
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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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The UN's special envoy to Myanmar has met with internally displaced people amid growing concerns about human rights violations.
Topics: refugees, race-relations, burma, asia
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| UpdatedA jury condemns Dylann Roof to death for killing nine black church members at a Bible study meeting in South Carolina church in 2015.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, race-relations, religion-and-beliefs, murder-and-manslaughter, united-states
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We are at risk in Australia of creating a political climate where extremists like Holland's anti-immigration activist Geert Wilders are electable, writes Mike Bird.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, federal-government, political-parties, minor-parties, race-relations, australia
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Singer Rebecca Ferguson says she will "graciously accept" an invitation to perform at US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on one condition — that she is allowed to sing Strange Fruit, a protest song most famously sung by Billie Holiday.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, music, race-relations, united-states
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| UpdatedMore than a dozen Nobel laureates including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Malala Yousafzai urge the UN Security Council to end the "ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity" in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine State.
Topics: race-relations, islam, world-politics, burma
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The worst error in the history of science was undoubtedly classifying humans into the different races, writes anthropologist Darren Curnoe.
Topics: race-relations, anthropology-and-sociology, australia
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| UpdatedWhile Australian children can't wait for Christmas morning with presents under a decorated tree, in the Netherlands the young have found their gift giving traditions overshadowed by a fierce debate over racism that is splitting the country.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, netherlands
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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