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.
News & Views ‘I demand change now’: 16-year-old tennis star Coco Gauff delivers powerful protest speech Coco Gauff said she’s been having “tough conversations with friends” and will always use her platform to spread awareness.
News & Views The family of Aboriginal teen violently arrested call for police officer to be charged The family of an Aboriginal boy who was violently arrested by a police officer in Surry Hills this week want the constable involved charged.
News & Views Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame Many people on this continent know more about police and prison violence in the US, another settler colony, than the same violence that happens here.
Ed's Blog Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta’s mayor, is the leader America needs Atlanta’s mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former lawyer, judge and mum of four has emerged as ‘the face and the voice’ of the Democrats in recent days.
News & Views The fury in US cities is rooted in a long history of racist policing, violence and inequality The protests that have engulfed American cities in the past week are rooted in decades of frustrations, writes Clare Corbould.