Racism
Report
2016 Australian Reconciliation Barometer
The Reconciliation Barometer has been tracked every two years since its launch in 2007. It measure the progress of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians.
Working paper
Understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employee decisions to exit the Australian Public Service
The research presented seeks to understand the reasons Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees opt to leave the Australian Public Service (APS). The paper also raises important implications for strategies that aim to increase rates of Indigenous employment in the APS.
Essay
The Whitlam Government and the Racial Discrimination Act
Examining the role of legislation in catalysing and embedding social change, this paper by Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane, delivers a succinct history of the Racial Discrimination Act, its passage through Parliament, and its impact on Australia today.
Report
State of reconciliation in Australia 2016
This report uses a five dimensional framework of reconciliation to measure and analyse Australia’s progress over this time and set out a roadmap for a reconciled Australia.
Report
The resilience and ordinariness of Australian Muslims
This study was commissioned by The Challenging Racism Project of Western Sydney University (WSU) and the Islamic Sciences and Research Academy Australia (ISRA) affiliated with Charles Sturt University (CSU) to investigate the experiences and perceptions of ordinary everyday Muslims in Sydney and whether the perceptions of incompatibility and disaffection of Muslims are true, and whether...