RACISM – AUSTRALIA

Racism at ABC systemic, new report declares

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Original article by Sophie Elsworth
The Australian – Page: 7 : 2-Oct-24

The ABC’s MD David Anderson says the public broadcaster’s staff will be given anti-racism training following the belated release of a racism review. The independent review was commissioned in mid-2023 and found that ABC employees from Indigenous and culturally diverse backgrounds have been subject to systemic racism. The review has made 15 recommendations aimed at addressing the issue, while Anderson has apologised to current and former ABC employees who had been subjected to racist behaviour.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

Mehreen Faruqi v Pauline Hanson: Greens senator tells court attacks on white people not racist

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Original article by Karen Middleton
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 30-Apr-24

Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi is suing One Nation senator Pauline Hanson over a social media post in which Hanson told Faruqi to "pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan", with Faruqi describing the post as "the ultimate racist slur". Appearing as the first witness in the case on Monday, Faruqi was accused by Hanson’s lawyer, Sue Chrysanthou SC, of being a hypocrite, with Chrysanthou claiming Faruqi had made and endorsed racist remarks about white people. Faruqi denied that verbal attacks on white people are racist, claiming that racism is also about power and the use of that power to perpetrate racism and oppress people; she claimed that power in Australia is held by white people.

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AUSTRALIAN GREENS, ONE NATION PARTY

Indigenous groups say voice referendum unleashed a tsunami of racism

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Original article by Sarah Basford Canales
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 23-Oct-23

Indigenous groups who supported the Voice campaign have accused those who voted No of a "shameful act whether knowingly or not" in a 12-point statement issued after ending a week of silence in the wake of the referendum’s resounding defeat. The statement claimed that the level of disinformation and misinformation espoused by those against the Voice was so bad that it "unleashed a tsunami of racism against our people", and that Australia had chosen "to make itself less liberal and less democratic" as a result of voting No.

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Unions weigh in on Rio’s woes

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Original article by Peter Ker, David Marin-Guzman, Sally Patten
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 3-Feb-22

Mining & Energy Union president Tony Maher says the deunionisation of Rio Tinto’s workforce in the 1990s contributed to the toxic culture that has been exposed by former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick. Her review of Rio Tinto’s culture found that conduct such as bullying, sexual harassment and racism are rife within the resources giant. Brad Gandy from the Australian Workers’ Union says it has been warning Rio Tinto of problems with its culture for many years; he adds that bullying occurs at Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations on a daily basis.

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RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, MINING AND ENERGY UNION, AUSTRALIAN WORKERS’ UNION-FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIAL, MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING EMPLOYEES

Report damns Rio’s culture of bullying

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 & 22 : 2-Feb-22

A review of Rio Tinto’s internal culture by former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick has revealed that inappropriate conduct is rife within the resources giant. More than 48 per cent of employees who participated in the review said they had experienced bullying at work, with workers in the company’s Pilbara iron ore division reporting the highest levels of bullying. In addition, about 28 per cent of female employees said that they had been subjected to sexual harassment, while nearly 40 per cent of indigenous Australian employees said they had been subject to racism within the last five years. Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm has committed to implementing all of Broderick’s recommendations.

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RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO

ABC, SBS, Guardian and Fairfax racist: Newman

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Original article by Darren Davidson, Stephen Fitzpatrick, Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 5 : 23-Nov-16

The former MD of the ABC, Maurice Newman, has accused many left-leaning media outlets of racism, including the public broadcaster. Newman also claims that SBS, Fairfax Media, The Guardian and Crikey are also racist, due to their coverage of Aboriginal issues. His comments follow claims by Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson that the ABC is racist, a view that is supported by the head of the Prime Minister’s ­Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS), FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, THE GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA, CRIKEY.COM.AU, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS

Senate split on China trade deal

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 21-Aug-15

The Australian Greens and four crossbench senators voted for a motion demanding the government change or abandon the China Australia Free Trade Agreement. Their opposition to the landmark deal in its present form put it at the mercy of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), which helped defeat the motion. But the ALP, under pressure from the trade unions, is insisting the Federal Government deliver on its promise to put Australian jobs first.

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AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION

Pyne slams academic over ‘abos, bogans’ rant

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Original article by Laura Tingle
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 17-Oct-14

Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has described racist and sexist remarks made by University of Sydney professor Barry Spurr as unacceptable. Spurr used derogative terms such as "Abos", "bogans", "fatsoes", "Mussies" and "Chinky-Poos" in email messages to his staff. Extracts of these emails were published on the New Matilda web site on 15 October 2014

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET