A council worker is suing her employer and two co-workers for racial discrimination during a one-year period that included her being allegedly called a "black slave" and being told not to "burn the patrons your colour" in her additional role as a fire warden.
In documents filed in the ACT registry of the Federal Court, the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council employee alleges that she was subjected to six incidents of discrimination during 2020 that left her offended, humiliated, embarrassed and ashamed.
She began full-time employment with the council about February of that year at the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre.
