News & Views The Australian’s cartoon cannot be justified with the twisting of Joe Biden’s words The Australian has deliberately misinterpreted Bidens words to mean tokenism rather than one of role modelling, writes Sadhana Smiles.
News & Views It shamelessly succeeded in capturing our attention. But the racist cartoon that ran today should spur us into action All Australians should be demanding an explanation for how an editorial decision like this was made, writes Tarla Lambert.
News & Views QLD Human Rights calls out double standards after young women named for breaching COVID restrictions The Queensland Human Rights Commission has urged against double standards and confirmed it’s been contacted by concerned members of Brisbane’s African migrant community who are already reporting abuse, after a number of media outlets named and shamed two young women accused of breaching COVID-19 restrictions.
Employers Let’s talk about racism at work: Why are we so quiet in the office, when the rest of society is talking? We need to talk about racism at work. It’s the part of the conversation that’s largely missing right now.
News & Views Ten-year-olds do not belong in detention. Why Australia must raise the age of criminal responsibility Hundreds of Australian children aged ten to 13 are in juvenile detention. Legal and medical experts say we must raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14.
News & Views Anti-racism & unconscious bias training is a band-aid solution Until we look at how we can dismantle organisational systemic discrimination and racism, nothing will change for First Nations, Black and People of Colour.
News & Views ‘I’m so happy to see her go’: Brooke Boney responds to Pauline Hanson being dumped by Today show Today show entertainment reporter Brooke Boney has said she is “so happy” to see Pauline Hanson dumped from Nine’s breakfast show.
News & Views The Opals launch anti-racism RISE UP campaign with Basketball Australia Basketball Australia and the Opals, Australia’s national women’s team, have launched a new campaign to address racism and the Black Lives Matter movement.
News & Views #BlackLivesMatter: Opals boycott training until Basketball Australia commits to change Australia’s women’s basketball team, the Opals, have announced they will not train until Basketball Australia commits to stamping out racial injustice.
News & Views Nyadol Nyuon is a lawyer, a former refugee & an incredible advocate As a woman of colour with remarkable command & a willingness to speak up lawyer & advocate Nyadol Nyuon has been subject to merciless trolling.
News & Views ‘If you haven’t felt it then you don’t get it’: On racism & gender equality in sport Panellists on Monday night’s episode of Q&A delivered a potent message about the need for change in the hierarchies of Australia’s sporting codes.
News & Views ‘It should be up to players to determine how to use their platforms to fight racism’: US Soccer Federation repeals national anthem policy The policy was implemented in early 2017 after Rapinoe kneeled during national anthems in solidarity with former NFL player Colin Kaepernick.