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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Krishani Dhanji

Labor accused of ignoring anti-racism plan as documents reveal repeated pleas to take action

Race discrimination commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, at the National Press Club.
Giridharan Sivaraman, the race discrimination commissioner, wrote five times to plead with the government to a adopt proposed anti-racism framework Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Federal Labor has been accused of dragging its feet on a plan to combat systemic racism in Australia, nearly 18 months after it received recommendations from the human rights commission.

New documents released to the Senate show no progress on the national strategy delivered to the government and published in November 2024 – despite the race discrimination commissioner imploring the government to take action in five letters and at least two meetings.

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