This report recommends that the Victorian government explore options to address online vilification, and makes some additional recommendations to improve Victoria’s anti-vilification laws.

This report examines the exceptional fragmentation and lack of coordination of responses to hate crimes, hate speech and hate incidents across the country.

The Speak Out Against Racism (SOAR) project is a major research study focused on understanding and addressing experiences and attitudes to racism and racial discrimination, and bystander responses to racism and racial discrimination in Australian schools.

This report provides important evidence for all stakeholders involved in tackling hate in Victoria, including policy-makers, law enforcement agencies and community organisations, to better understand how to address community reporting barriers.

This paper examines the history of how Australia’s vilification laws were formed, focusing on both domestic and international changes towards laws restricting speech. It also argues that any amendments to vilification laws should be done at the state and territory level, and should be based on the model recently introduced in New South Wales.