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Peter Mellow
September 29, 2021 6:21 PM
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Parties strive for gender equality in preselecting candidates. But if they select more women than men in marginal seats, this isn’t true equality — it’s ticking a box.
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Peter Mellow
September 12, 2021 10:57 PM
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A one-time staffer to a Liberal minister says sorry to former Labor prime minister Julia Gillard - and laments that too little has changed for women in politics since Gillard left the fray.
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Peter Mellow
August 21, 2021 6:32 PM
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Australians know racism exists but few admit to being racist. Sami Shah says until we acknowledge our uncomfortable truth, we won't be able to stamp out racism.
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Peter Mellow
August 9, 2021 6:10 PM
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LGBTQ people who work at religious schools can be sacked for who they are, and they fear the federal religious discrimination bill could make things worse.
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Peter Mellow
August 6, 2021 7:10 PM
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Champion AFL player Eddie Betts says he is not surprised by the latest racist incident to rock the league, and that more people need to understand the extent of racism in Australia.
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Peter Mellow
July 20, 2021 5:55 PM
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In a survey by the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Muslims say they experience unfavourable treatment when dealing with law enforcement and in the workplace.
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Peter Mellow
July 13, 2021 1:21 PM
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As concerns flare about online racism in the UK, Australia’s eSafety commissioner says the issue remains a serious problem in Australia. But she is hopeful new powers to stop it will help.
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Peter Mellow
June 25, 2021 8:09 PM
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Our migration policies can prevent people with disabilities from becoming permanent residents, even if they can show an ability to contribute to society.
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Peter Mellow
June 20, 2021 6:04 PM
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Thousands marched through central Warsaw on Saturday in an "Equality Parade" demanding an end to discrimination against the LGBT community, amid what campaigners say has been a rising tide of homophobia in Poland in recent years.
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Peter Mellow
June 12, 2021 12:41 AM
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How can moderators and social media platforms, who have no direct experience of colonisation, pick up on such culturally nuanced negativity against Indigenous people?
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Peter Mellow
June 7, 2021 12:47 AM
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CNN Business spoke with 38 people in 11 countries who reported experiencing or witnessing bias in a range of ways since the start of the pandemic, from explicit harassment to subtle microaggressions.
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Peter Mellow
June 1, 2021 6:22 PM
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Call it what you want – a micro-aggression, gaslighting, everyday racism – it's still prejudice based on ethnicity.
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Peter Mellow
May 13, 2021 8:20 PM
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“We learned of the arrests from frightened kids who came into our classrooms, wide-eyed and anxious. They talked about special police squads raiding homes and workplaces.” — Professor Welby Ings, on being a teacher during the Dawn Raids era.
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Peter Mellow
September 22, 2021 6:54 PM
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The increased prominence of antisemitic incidents may have you wondering: has antisemitism always been part of the Australian social fabric, or are we facing a newer, more sinister trend?
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Peter Mellow
September 10, 2021 10:17 PM
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LGBTQ+ communities experience violence and abuse at similar, if not greater rates than cisgender, heterosexual women. Their stories need to be heard.
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Peter Mellow
August 11, 2021 7:48 PM
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State laws must curb the right to discrimination
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Peter Mellow
August 8, 2021 8:36 PM
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When Rebecca Smith sat down to watch New Zealand play the United States Women's National Team in a Tokyo 2020 football match last week, she was floored -- and not just because of the athletes' incredible prowess.
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Peter Mellow
July 24, 2021 1:34 AM
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Thousands followed Catboy Kami's videos where he targeted children online with racist, shock tactics. With his notoriety he's become a useful tool in the expansion of an extreme social movement, and now for the first time the ABC reveals his true identity.
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Peter Mellow
July 13, 2021 1:34 PM
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Police commissioner Katarina Carroll says she has seen ‘defamatory’ posts about officers and MPs that ‘beggars belief’
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Peter Mellow
July 12, 2021 6:50 PM
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England captain Harry Kane says those behind the online racist abuse of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka are "not England fans and we don't want you".
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Peter Mellow
June 22, 2021 7:29 PM
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Police officers at the University of Washington in Seattle, regarded as one of the nation’s most progressive cities, said they were the target of racist insults and harassment.
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Peter Mellow
June 15, 2021 7:15 PM
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The announcement by an arm of “School Strike 4 Climate” comes at a time of increased scrutiny on how ethnic minorities are treated within environmentalist groups.
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Peter Mellow
June 8, 2021 8:12 PM
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This term is commonplace in Australia. But is it time to drop "you guys" from our vocabulary at work? Here's where the term came from, and why it can be problematic.
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Peter Mellow
June 2, 2021 7:51 PM
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Not everyone who speaks English is treated the same way. What happens when accent discrimination creeps in to our conscious and unconscious – and what do we do about our biases?
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Peter Mellow
May 31, 2021 7:09 PM
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Most of us believe there's a lot of racism these days. But with around three in four Australians with non-European ancestry reporting discrimination, experts say recognition is just the beginning.
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