Racism ‘left unchecked can lead to violence’: Australian Human Rights Commission president
In case you missed it, Australian Human Rights Commission president Hugh de Kretser has said the nation has seen a sharp rise in racism against several groups while launching the nation’s first annual assessment in Canberra, warning the current reality could lead to a violent fallout.
“For First Peoples, it rose with the failed Voice referendum,” he said.
“For Jewish, Muslim, Arab, Palestinian and Israeli communities in Australia, it surged after the 7 October attack and the war in Gaza.”
The landmark evaluation is drawn from United Nations reviews of Australia’s performance against human rights benchmarks, as well as local and global data sources, the commission said.
The assessment also documented rising anti-immigrant sentiment, stating that migrants were being scapegoated for cost-of-living issues.
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