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Sebastian Tan

Indigenous media leaders lay bare 'terrifying' racism

Australia's biggest football codes have snubbed an inquiry looking into racism in sport and media. (Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS)

Prominent Indigenous presenters are bearing the brunt of an "alarming escalation" of racism, with an inquiry told media outlets must be more accountable.

Fronting a federal inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, SBS and NITV national Indigenous affairs editor John-Paul Janke said he had experienced a rise in online abuse reminiscent to what he endured in the 1970s.

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